Law soon ready

Budget for housing subsidies to be increased

Timber as a building material caused discussion in the state parliament.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

The new law on housing subsidies is about to be finalized. More money is to be made available for non-profit housing developers, the responsible provincial councillor has already announced in parliament.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the new housing subsidy law was a major topic in the state parliament, although it was not even formally on the agenda. The law has been awaited for a long time. It should only take days, not weeks, to be published.

 In response to two urgent questions from the SPÖ and the Greens, Housing Minister Martin Zauner (FPÖ) spoke about individual points of the new law. The fact that too little was built in the past was not due to an insufficient budget, but to a lack of projects, he said in response to a question from the SPÖ. And: "The budget in the non-profit sector will be higher than this year", announced Zauner.

The Greens criticize the fact that Zauner is cutting additional points in the housing subsidy that would provide more money for building with wood. Zauner confirms the plan. Instead, he wants to promote projects that make timber construction more competitive on the market.