CDU on housing

The CDU advocates that no real estate transfer tax be charged on the first purchase of an owner-occupied home in rural areas. This is meant above all to make it easier for young families to buy their own home.

People who buy a house pay a tax. It is called the real estate transfer tax. The CDU wants to drop this tax for a first home in the countryside. The buyers must live in the house themselves. This should help young families.

The exemption is to apply to first-time purchases. The condition is that buyers live in the property themselves. It is limited to rural areas and, according to the program, is aimed especially at young families.

The CDU wants to make buying a home easier, especially for families and working people. It rejects rent caps and expropriations. Instead, the Baukindergeld (a home-buying grant for families) is to return, and social housing and renovations are to be subsidized.

The CDU wants more people to own a house or apartment. It rejects a rent cap. It also rejects expropriations. Families should get the Baukindergeld again. That is money from the state for buying a home.

According to the platform, property protects against rising rents and serves as retirement provision; the home ownership rate in the state is meant to rise. The CDU wants to lobby the federal government for the Baukindergeld. The state is to keep co-financing all federal urban development and housing programs, especially for age-appropriate, accessible and energy-saving conversions. City centers are to be revived through support for retail and concepts against vacancies.

The CDU wants to make building permits simpler and faster and help municipalities set up fully digital building authorities. Vacant lots, old industrial sites and gaps between buildings are to be put to new use.

The CDU wants building permits to come faster. Building offices should work digitally. Empty land and old factories should be used again. This should create more housing.

According to the platform, the aim is less red tape and a faster pace in housing construction. The state is to subsidize the conversion and recycling of unused land and enable land management for towns and villages. For sites with severe contamination, the CDU wants to work out a concept for cleanup and later use together with the federal government. It wants to implement the revised state development plan in dialogue with business and municipalities.