Subsidy freeze with consequences

Home renovators now have to pay thousands of euros

Salzburg's FPÖ Housing Minister Martin Zauner promises improvement and, above all, payment.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

After the sudden stop of the renovation subsidy, tens of affected Salzburg residents are left with high bills for heat pumps, photovoltaic systems and the like. Although they have already been promised the subsidy from the state of Salzburg, they will not see any money for the time being.

Mr. B. (full name known to the editors) is angry. His new photovoltaic system was already running and the new heat pump was about to be commissioned. The bill for both new ecological purchases was already on the table at his home in Tennengau. The pensioner had spent around 60,000 euros. The reason for his anger: 20,000 euros should have been covered by the state of Salzburg. However, the stop in renovation funding has now put a spanner in the works.