What do the parties in Thuringia say on housing?

The AfD wants to support families buying or building their first home with loans that are partly forgiven depending on the number of children. The real estate transfer tax would also be reduced for them. The platform hopes this will keep families in Thuringia for the long term.

The AfD wants to help families get their first home. Families should get a loan from the state. Families with more children pay back less. The tax on buying a home should also go down for families.

The AfD wants to scale back construction rules on energy, insulation and heritage protection because, in its view, they make housing more expensive. The state is to support new construction and aim for 50,000 new homes.

The AfD says too many rules make building expensive. It wants to cut rules on heating, insulation and heritage protection. Building permits should come faster. The state should aim for 50,000 new homes.

The AfD wants to abolish the Grundsteuer (annual property tax) to reduce the tax burden on housing in Thuringia. It points out that, at its urging, the real estate transfer tax for families buying their first home was already eliminated in 2023.

The AfD wants to end the property tax. This is a yearly tax on land and houses. The party says housing would cost less. It says it already helped cut the tax on buying a home.

The AfD wants to tighten Article 15 of the Thuringian constitution, which commits the state to working toward sufficient and adequate housing. In its view, the provision is too vague, which is why the state and municipalities have done too little for housing construction.

The Thuringian constitution says the state should make sure there is enough housing. The AfD thinks this rule is too vague. It wants to write the rule more clearly. Then the state and towns would have to do more to build homes.

The AfD wants favorable conditions for housing cooperatives and wants to support social housing with low-cost land and state funding. It says social housing should be reserved for low-income residents of Thuringia and not be used to house asylum seekers.

The AfD wants to support housing co-ops. These are groups that rent out homes without making a profit. It also wants to support social housing. There should be cheap land and money from the state for this. Asylum seekers should not live in social housing.

The AfD wants to simplify building planning law so that municipalities can develop existing residential and commercial areas and designate new ones according to local need. Municipalities should also find it easier to buy unused buildings and develop their town centers.

The AfD wants to make building easier. Local governments should be able to set aside new land for homes and businesses more easily. They should also be able to buy empty buildings in town more easily. That way, town centers get better use.

The AfD wants to keep long-term protection for existing garage complexes. They should not have to make way, without replacement, for denser housing or for compensation measures tied to other building projects.

The AfD wants to keep garage complexes. They should not be torn down for new housing. The AfD says garages are also meeting places. Owners and tenants should not lose out.

The BSW rejects federal requirements such as the Heizungsgesetz (heating law) and wants to relieve homeowners through Thuringia's own rules. Instead it calls for a funding program, "Thüringer Land – Wohnen Sozial," for energy-efficiency renovations by low-income owners and families.

The heating law is a federal law. It sets rules for new heating systems. The BSW is against it. Homeowners should carry less burden. Families and people with little money should get help with renovations.

The BSW wants to create twice as many social housing units each year as now, through new construction and full renovation, including on suitable state-owned land. Municipal housing companies and cooperatives should be strengthened and building permits sped up.

Housing must be affordable. The BSW wants to build twice as many social housing units. State-owned land can be used for this. Towns and housing co-ops should build more. Building permits should come faster.

The CDU wants to keep housing construction from becoming more expensive or more bureaucratic. The building code is to be simplified, and until at least the end of 2027 there are to be no new rules that make building more costly or slower.

The CDU wants more building. The rules for building should become simpler. Until the end of 2027 there should be no new rules that make building more expensive.

The CDU wants to pay families a grant when they first buy a home to live in. In addition, there are to be reduced-interest loans through the Thüringer Aufbaubank (state development bank). This is meant to let families with lower incomes buy property as well.

The CDU wants to help families buy a home. Families should get money from the state for their first purchase. There should also be cheap loans. Families with many children should get more help.

The CDU wants to put more money into subsidized housing so that rents stay affordable despite high construction and renovation costs. It also wants better tax depreciation rules and a program to help young families buy older homes.

The CDU wants to give more money for building homes. Rents should stay affordable. People who build rental homes should be able to save on taxes. Young families should get help when they buy and renovate an old house.

The Left wants to convert vacant buildings into housing and link housing policy with urban development funding. The platform justifies this with climate protection, lower land use, and reviving town centers. It also calls for more greenery in city centers, serial construction, and building with timber.

Many buildings stand empty. The Left wants to turn them into homes. This saves land and is good for the climate. City centers should get more trees and drinking fountains. The state should also support fast building with ready-made parts and building with wood.

The Left wants to push at the federal level for a new Wohngemeinnützigkeit (nonprofit housing status), meaning housing construction that is not profit-driven. Land is to stay in municipal hands or return to them, and land and planning law is to curb price speculation.

The Left wants to strengthen housing that is not built for profit. It wants a new federal law for this. Land should belong to the municipalities. Municipalities should be able to buy building land more easily. The state wants to spend more money on social housing.

The Left wants to set up a state-owned housing company that mainly builds new social housing. The platform argues that subsidies alone are no longer enough and that the market does not secure affordable housing. For large real estate corporations, the party wants to examine expropriation and socialization.

The state of Thuringia should build homes itself. The Left wants to found a state-owned company for this. By 2040 it should have 10,000 low-cost homes. The Left wants to examine expropriation of big housing companies. That means: the state takes over their homes and pays compensation.

The Left wants a state law that lets municipalities ban the conversion of housing to other uses. According to the platform, Airbnb and vacation rentals in large cities and tourist regions drive up rents and shrink the supply of homes.

In some cities, many homes are rented out to tourists. The Left says this makes rents more expensive. Municipalities should be able to ban this. A state law is supposed to make that possible.

The Left wants to make Thuringia the first German state without homelessness. Building on the existing state strategy, it wants to test models that prevent homelessness altogether.

Some people have no home. The Left wants to end this completely in Thuringia. It wants to try out new ways of doing so. In the cities, street workers should be there to help.

The SPD wants to preserve and create affordable rental and owner-occupied housing for families in cities and rural areas. Social housing construction is to move faster, and municipalities should be able to sell building land to families at lower prices without financial disadvantage.

Families should be able to afford homes. This applies to renting and owning. The SPD wants to build social housing faster. Towns should be able to sell building land to families more cheaply. The state pays the towns the missing money.

The SPD wants to promote municipal and social housing construction and create a rent-to-own program for families without savings for a down payment. Its goals are affordable housing in the centers, fewer vacancies in rural areas, and a higher homeownership rate.

The SPD wants more affordable homes. It wants to fund the building of social housing. Families with little money should be able to rent a home and own it later. This is called rent-to-own. Towns should find it easier to buy land for building.

The SPD wants existing buildings to be used and renovated before anything new is built. According to the platform, this saves resources and keeps established settlements intact. Municipal housing is to remain publicly owned.

The SPD wants to use old buildings first. New buildings should come only when no empty ones are left. This saves materials and land. Housing owned by towns should not be sold.

The SPD wants to bring together people with more living space than they need and people who need more. Advice, support and a moving bonus are meant to make swapping apartments and houses easier.

Some people have too much space at home. Others need more space. The SPD wants them to be able to swap. There should be advice and money for moving.

The SPD wants to restore non-profit housing status (Wohngemeinnützigkeit) for municipal housing companies and cooperatives. This is meant to give broad parts of the population access to affordable housing again.

The SPD wants to bring back non-profit status for housing. This means: housing companies owned by towns and cooperatives limit their profits. In return they count as non-profit. This should help more people find an affordable home.

The SPD wants to extend the Mietpreisbremse (rent brake) to more cases and remove its expiration date. In regions with tight housing markets, the cap on rent increases in existing leases is to be applied in a more targeted way.

The SPD wants stronger limits on rents. The rent brake should apply in more cases. It should no longer have an end date. Where housing is scarce, rents in old leases should rise more slowly.

The SPD wants to add state money to federal funds for social housing and make more low- and middle-income households eligible. Funding for accessible housing is to become permanent. Homelessness is to be overcome by 2030 if possible.

The SPD wants to spend more money on social housing. More people with low or middle incomes should be allowed to live there. There should also be lasting money for homes without barriers. By 2030, as few people as possible should be homeless.

The SPD wants greater use of wood and other alternative building materials, especially in public construction. Serial and modular building is meant to ensure quality and curb rising construction costs. More building material is to be recycled.

The SPD wants more building with wood, clay and straw. This applies especially to public buildings. Houses should more often be built from ready-made parts. This should lower costs. Building materials should be reused more often.

The SPD wants to create a fund of 50 million euros for energy-efficient building renovation. It is meant to give households with low incomes and little equity access to affordable grants and loans, which they repay from the operating costs they save.

The SPD wants to set up a pot of money with 50 million euros. It should help people with little money renovate their homes. After the renovation they need less energy. They pay back the help with the money they save.