Munich (dpa/lby) – The Free State of Bavaria will not send rent increases to the tenants of its 16,770 apartments until at least April 2025 in view of the current economic situation. This was announced by Building Minister Christian Bernreiter (CSU) on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting. The exception is when apartments have been energetically renovated. Even if there is a change of tenant, the rental price can be adjusted, said Bernreiter.
In 2022, Bavaria will have a record amount of 864 million euros in subsidies for housing construction. The private sector is putting projects to the test because of the difficult framework conditions, and state housing construction remains a reliable pillar. A total of 8,000 apartments in the Free State are either in planning, under construction or already finished by the end of next year. 900 apartments will be completed in 2023. The state-run BayernHeim alone is currently driving 41 projects with 3,700 apartments.
With the provision of student housing, the Free State wants to help with the renovation of the Munich student town of Freimann. The Studentenwerk has announced that it is currently not in a position to take the necessary measures. Therefore, an entry by BayernHeim is now being examined in order to bring houses 9 and 12 in the Studentenstadt into shape – a total of more than 1000 apartments.
The Studentenstadt is the largest housing complex for students in Germany. Parts of the building are in need of renovation. The consequences of a fire had added to the already existing renovation backlog. As a result, hundreds of apartments were empty.
In 2022, the Free State will provide a total of 38 million euros to support housing for students. The amount of funding per place has been increased to 40,000 euros. The Free State wants to raise a total of 70 million euros for the renovation of the student city – 40 million of them from the Ministry of Construction, said Minister of Science Markus Blume (CSU). He emphasized that the number of students had increased significantly in recent years – within ten years from 280,000 to 400,000.
