Freie Wähler on housing

The Free Voters want to give families more financial support when buying or building a home. Plans include a Baukindergeld (home-building grant for families with children), waiving the property transfer tax for young families, and an interest-free loan for parents.

The Free Voters want to help families buy a home. Families with children who build should get money. Young families should pay no property transfer tax. There should again be a loan for parents without interest.

The platform lists a home-building grant for families and preferential property purchases under the "Jung kauft Alt" (young buys old) model. Young families would have the property transfer tax waived. The interest-free loan for parents would return, with part of the debt forgiven depending on the number of children.

The Free Voters want to strengthen social housing in the areas surrounding big cities rather than making cities ever denser. Young families would pay no real estate transfer tax on their first home purchase. The party rejects new requirements for builders and demands that the planned ban on oil and gas heating be withdrawn at once.

The Free Voters want more affordable homes. These should also be built around the big cities. Young families should not pay a tax when they buy their first home. Building permits should come faster. Oil and gas heating should stay allowed.

The platform argues that unlimited densification cannot solve the housing shortage because green spaces and infrastructure have limits. Social housing should therefore also be built in the areas around urban centers. Permits are to be issued faster, for example through a digital building file, and the 16 state building codes are to be harmonized to cut planning costs. A land fund would help cash-strapped municipalities that temporarily cannot buy plots for affordable housing themselves. Young families would be exempt from the real estate transfer tax on a first purchase. The party opposes further rules for builders and owners as well as the planned ban on oil and gas heating.