Dresden (dpa/sn) - The Association of Saxon Housing Cooperatives (VSWG) sees the federal government as responsible because of the enormous increase in energy prices. "We now need fast-acting government measures that go directly to the housing companies and their members and tenants. The pressure must be removed from the boiler," said VSWG boss Mirjam Philipp on Wednesday in Dresden. She called for a time-limited percentage limit for heating and hot water costs, which is based on the cold rent. In this way, the social differences in income situations can be directly taken into account. With a limit of 40 percent of the cold rent, that would mean a maximum of two euros warm operating costs per square meter in the area covered by the VSWG.
The Dippoldiswalde housing cooperative, which belongs to the VSWG, had reduced the supply of hot water to tenants in response to the high energy prices. This caused a nationwide debate. Legal objections were also raised against the procedure.
