Serious accusations:

Post haggling in the allocation of housing in Spittal

"We are not Klagenfurt, where 'apartment haggling' was also practiced!" said Köfer.(Bild: Karl Schöndorfer)

Serious accusations against housing committee: Due to political influence by the SPÖ, an ÖBB employee was moved up from 41st to 1st place on the waiting list.

The Spittal housing committee, which is responsible for allocating apartments, no longer exists! The reason: according to an internal letter obtained by the "Krone", a former ÖBB employee was moved up from 41st to 1st place on the waiting list for a cooperative apartment. This was decided by the members - representatives of the SPÖ (three), Team Kärnten (two) and the FPÖ (one). The ÖVP member voted against.

"False statements were made"
"During an examination, the person in question, who did not meet a single requirement for pre-ranking, was previously ranked from 17th to 41st place because false information had been provided," reads an email written by TK Mayor Gerhard Köfer and sent to the committee chairman, a member of the SP: "After massive, repeated intervention by an SPÖ municipal councillor and ÖBB official, the housing applicant was nevertheless ranked first by the committee."

Köfer writes of an "act of arbitrariness" in his email to the chairman of the housing committee.(Bild: zVg)

Köfer confirms the case to the "Krone": "This is pure unfairness! My two party colleagues have resigned from the housing committee. There must be consequences: The committee has been dissolved!" The case is reminiscent of Klagenfurt: a good year ago, municipal and cooperative apartments were allocated at "Klagenfurt Wohnen" due to political influence.

"In addition, people who meet the requirements for the allocation of housing are denied the opportunity in this way. Spittal is not like that!" Now the allocation should be carried out by the city council "to ensure a correct process".

Christoph Staudacher, FPÖ: "For us, it is essential and clear that the allocation of apartments in Spittal must be transparent, fair and comprehensible in accordance with the guidelines. This did not happen at all in this case, as obviously false information was provided. We strongly reject this approach. Today's decision by the municipal council ensures that this will never happen again."