Popular initiative launched Is automatic rent control coming?
Stricter restrictions for landlords and better controls: The Tenants' Association (MV) has launched a popular initiative against excessively high rents.
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- The Tenants' Association (MV) has launched a popular initiative against excessively high rents.
- In future, landlords should no longer be able to increase rents with reference to local or neighborhood custom.
- It also provides for automatic rent control.
The Tenants' Association (MV) has launched a popular initiative against excessively high rents. The initiative aims to enshrine the principle of cost rent and ban market elements from tenancy law. It also provides for automatic rent control.
In future, landlords should no longer be able to increase rents with reference to local or neighborhood custom, MV Vice President and Green National Councillor Michael Töngi (LU) told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Sunday. He confirmed information from the "NZZ am Sonntag".
The MV adopted the initiative text. It was submitted to the Federal Chancellery for preliminary examination.
The initiative also provides for automatic and regular rent controls. If the initiative is implemented, the legislator would have to clarify by whom, when and how exactly. Tenants are often left to their own devices in the event of disputes, according to the MV. Many are unable to follow through with the procedures or do not want to risk a dispute as they are dependent on the landlord.
