Overview
- The concept would cover households earning up to 15% above the state Wohngeld limit, targeting what the party calls the middle of society.
- The monthly subsidy would start at €80 for single households and rise to €200 for five people or more, with a proposed launch on January 1, 2027.
- The CDU says financing would come from reallocating housing funds left unused in recent years, a claim the city’s SPD planning chief disputes as the money is already committed.
- Political support has widened since a 2022 rejection, with the FDP and the BFF-BIG faction now backing a municipal Wohngeld.
- Party materials favor shifting from subsidizing construction to aiding tenants directly, while commentators caution that support must not replace ongoing social-housing building in a high-rent market.