VdK President Verena Bentele insists on restoring scheduled housing allowance increases after planned cuts were withdrawn

After the withdrawal of the initially planned cut to the housing benefit, VdK President Verena Bentele insists on resuming the periodic adjustment. "If people are really to be relieved, the housing benefit must be continuously adjusted to price and rent developments," she told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (Friday editions). "The continuation of the housing benefit must therefore urgently be maintained by the federal government."

This concerns the adjustment of the housing benefit actually planned for 2027. This is intended to remain postponed by the federal government.

Bentele also demanded improvements to the budget: The electricity tax reduction for private households must be implemented, heating subsidies must be funded adequately, and the KfW program for age-appropriate conversion must be increased to at least 390 million euros annually. The VdK head insisted on a more socially just design of the funding conditions.