Open letter to the council and the supervisory board of the FSB OPEN LETTER to the council and the board of the Freiburg City GMBH
Freiburg, 12.
November 2010 Dear Councillor, Municipal Council dear! Dear Councillor
supervision, dear board!
The city of Freiburg is a tourist magnet, "Green City" or the "northernmost city in Italy", but for a growing proportion of the citizens, life in the city combined with ever greater challenges, pressures and restrictions. Freiburg is for them above all "a priceless city."
As in almost any other city in Germany have more and more people spend half their income or even more for rent and utilities. Household income (at stagnant real wages and a good third of employees in precarious employment) and the ever-rising rents are in Freiburg to each other, often in stark contrast.
to find affordable housing, mutates into a game of chance. Many young people in particular can ill afford more than one room in an apartment - at prices now, which correspond to other places where an entire apartment. An increasing number of unemployed and people who depend entirely or in addition to Hartz IV, basic security or similar benefits are no more suitable housing.
turns doing so, the continuous Mietspirale upwards. Are responsible for this periodic rent increases based on the rent index and Freiburg, triggered by the high turnover in the university town, with new leases. The Freiburg
rent index, of only the rents of newly leased new and therefore reflected in the generally more expensive homes, offers owners the legal legitimacy of regular rent increases. Maximization of the maximum possible 20% every three years like this to the full. Each additional rent increase makes the rent level, which is a regular basis for new rent index surveys, continue to skyrocket. To
a sad pioneering role in rent increase has been planned and developed according to the first by referendum stopped selling the Freiburg City GmbH (FSB). Enshrined in its Statute, social order, also provided to low-income people with affordable housing is not met. The argument that the affected tenants could pay rent increases finally IV, Hartz, housing allowance, etc., is unacceptable and reflects an increasingly noticeable climate of the needs of tenants miss-respecting profit orientation of the FSB, despite growing profits and black figures in the balance sheet. In the press and the public repeatedly put forward ostensibly low Average rents of the FSB apartments reflect a distorted picture of actual conditions. Currently received and get a good third of the FSB flats further rent increases.
We urge the board of the Freiburg City and the council to urgently to address the benefit of social peace in the city of the elementary major concern affordable housing in Freiburg and keep the following measures to be necessary: first An immediate Mietstopp, no rent increases in FSB flats!
second The pioneer and role model of the Freiburg City in terms of their social responsibilities, and affordable rents for all citizens (with increasing be visible or hidden poverty) must be produced again.
third The match will be withdrawn several years ago by the first council and subsequently by the FSB's board decision to integrate the rent of the apartments to the FSB-market rents must. Rents stable in the FSB can contribute to stabilizing the rent levels in Freiburg and prevent further Mietpreistreiberei.
4th A transparent and renter-friendly business management and practice of the FSB, which has people in mind and based on common good and not primarily to maximize profits.
5th No indirect financing of new construction projects of the FSB by the rental income from tenants with low income! Also possible planned Saving measures by the federal or state for urban development, etc., may not result in costs being passed on already affected by many other savings tenants are.
Sincerely,
first signatory Board of the Tenants Advisory Council of the Freiburg City
tenant initiatives Weingarten and Brühl-Beurbarung
citizens' Living Human Rights Association
German Trade Union Federation, district Freiburg
's supporters action blocking minority
Amica eV
working group of social initiatives Freiburg (ASI)
Working Group of Critical Social Work Regional Group Freiburg (AKS-Freiburg)
ASTA - Catholic University of Fribourg (CH-Freiburg)
ASTA - Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg (EH-Freiburg)
residents' initiatives west of Merzhauser eV (Unterwiehre International)
Civic Association Brühl-Beurbarung
The Left, KV Freiburg
DGB University Group Freiburg
DKP Freiburg
factory eV
Forum Weingarten 2000 eV
Women and Girls Health Centre FMGZ eV
Freiburg Children's House Initiative
Freiburg regional working group community work (question)
Free Workers Union - Freiburg (FAU Freiburg)
Friga eV - social work in the factory
Genova Housing Association Vauban eG
Inova eV. Projects for work in youth counseling Umkirch
Freiburg
Youth League rebel
ROUND TABLE on the effects of the Hartz laws in Freiburg
LaLeLu - long live Luitgard!
Left List / Solidarity city
Linksjugend ['solid]
Masayeb Kheradmandan Persian Cultural Association
Mieterverein Regio Freiburg
tenements syndicate
MLPD Freiburg
Monday demonstration Freiburg
neighborhood eV
OFF shelter for women and patrons homeless women eV
Rosa-Luxembourg- Club Freiburg
Self-organized, independent settlement initiative SUSI eV
SPD Brühl-Beurbarung
neighborhood association Vauban eV
Foundation avaiable
south wind Freiburg
Tritta eV
watershed eV
Whitewater Association
UStA University of Education Freiburg (PH Freiburg)
Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Becker (Catholic University of Freiburg)
Prof. Werner Nickolai (Catholic University of Freiburg) Prof. Dr. Günter
noise (Protestant University of Freiburg) Prof. Dr. Benjamin
Benz (Protestant University of Freiburg)
pharmacy in the country of purchase
Änderungsschneiderei Anatolia
Bakery Fütterer
bakery Schrempp
Brunnenlädele Brühl-Beurbarung
funeral Schneider
Angel Pharmacy Freiburg
the bicycle repair shop GdbR
Forum Health Physiotherapy Practice & Prevention
Fressnapf Freiburg GmbH
Friseur Stefan Engemann
Hairdressers Frerich
hairdresser Wittmann
hairdresser Uhrhan
Podiatry Fehrenbach GmbH
Gaby's Kiosk
restaurant Aguila
grave times Wöhrle
Gutenberg Stüble
T. Hasselblatt Medical Bookstore
woodworm
Emperor's good bakery GmbH (Habsburgerstraße)
Conrad pharmacy
La Gavina Restaurant
butcher Möhrle
Papyrus Media GmbH
perfumery Sartorie
Postbank AG Financial Center Branch Sales Freiburg 19 Habsburgerstr.105
Radhaus GmbH
Frame shop John Fischer, J. Bleker, K. Fischer GbR
saddlery and Täschnerei Steinhauser
black on white litho and printing GmbH
shoemaker Ronny Fahrenz
So-Rex fire Freiburg GmbH
TinTecToo ink technology tools
Verde Bio market
Vitamin Bazar
front building Gastronomie GmbH
inn golden stars
Walter Schienle Physiotherapy
dentist Dr. Astrid Meissner Buhler
group practice Drs med Mez
group practice Echternach
Klaus Scheuer, Weingarten pharmacy
Heike scouring of Hänisch, Schoenberg pharmacy
Christian Schmitthenner, doctor for general medicine, natural health
tungsten Benkler, pharmacists