It may only be a small step towards the third objective, the hottest political issue of the city of Zurich, but he is noteworthy: A private person has sold 51 apartments in Altstetten in the housing cooperative Zurlinden and a lot of money dispensed. Because income-oriented investors have made a bid for the sixties-Development at Rautistrasse. Their offers were a high six-digit amount in excess of that of the cooperative, as its President, Urs says. The sale price was not disclosed.

a Private sell specifically to a cooperative, according to Free. In the case of Rautistrasse, the seller was the heir to a former farming family, who have built on their Land. To him, it was important to know the tenant is in good hands.

No blank resignations

This is guaranteed Zurlinden in the cooperative, since they would not terminate in the case of a total renovation of all of the contract, such as the yield-oriented companies, increasingly, to make an example of Swiss Life in the rain village caused a stir recently. Instead, the cooperative could umquartieren the tenant in a timely manner, because they have in the nearest destinations of around 400 apartments.

The change will, however, is expected to undergo higher rents, such as the cooperative notifies Zurlinden. You Beliesse the interest rates at the current level, would not be sufficient revenue to cover the expenses. This is according to the Free on the purchase price, which was steep.

Unusual

to be able To a rent increase, waive, want to ask the cooperative of the city’s contribution for Depreciation on the purchase price. That would be a first. Free argued, however, that the city will grant the private property foundations of such contributions. In particular, the PWG, which promotes the preservation of affordable residential and commercial spaces. Urban institutions such as the PWG would not be according to the cooperative President. The real estate trading on the Rautistrasse show that the cooperatives would be able to work on in the Zurich municipality of procedure enshrined third goal that by 2050 a third of all rental housing in the city non-profit.

How close Zurich is currently the third destination is, the next report of the city Council, the 2020 is due. In the last survey of 2016 26.8 per cent were of almost 200’000 rental housing as a non-profit organization. That is, they were managed by the cooperatives, the usual principle of cost rent, the only cost-covering rents allowed. Other carriers such as the PWG were not taken into account. You would have counted you would have accounted for almost 30 per cent.

Since then, have been built in Zurich, a lot of apartments – not only by non-profit developers. In 2016, for example, only just under 500 went from almost 3000 homes on account of the cooperatives, and public institutions – it was the year came, as in duty-free stock more than 800 for-profit new homes on the market. In the following year the ratio: Almost half moved more than 2,600 new apartments were in a broader sense, a non-profit. (Tages-Anzeiger)

Created: 03.01.2019, 16:31 PM