Wohnraum: Hubig dämpft Erwartungen an schnelles Anti-Enteignungsgesetz
Die Bundesjustizministerin hält die Vergesellschaftung von Wohnungsbeständen für teuer und wenig wirksam – ein Bundesgesetz sei verfassungsrechtlich aber auch „nicht gerade trivial“.
Berlin - Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) has firmly rejected the socialization of housing stocks. "We agree as a federal government that socializing housing would not be beneficial," Hubig stated at a housing summit hosted by the German Tenants' Union (DMB) and the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) on Thursday.
"Socialization costs a lot and brings little, especially it does not give anyone a new apartment," Hubig said. Questions of affordability and implementation proved to be difficult. Regarding the ban on socialization announced by Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), Hubig said, "In principle, you cannot regulate a socialization ban."
She pointed to the Grundgesetz, stating that Article 14 protects property, but it also obliges. Article 15 allows for socialization, making it not so simple to say it is prohibited. That may be one reason why it would take longer for a federal law to be enacted. "Constitutionally, it is not trivial at all," Hubig said. The Federal Ministry of the Interior is leading the initiative.
The announcement was made under the auspices of Merz, who had promised in July a law banning evictions of housing corporations. The issue is particularly sensitive in Berlin, where a red-green-red government led by the left-wing party could come to power after local elections. The party had made socialization of large property companies like Vonovia a condition for a coalition, with the aim of transferring 220,000 apartments into municipal hands.
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