SPÖ cup on land use: “Green makes gray, turquoise makes blue.”

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Vienna (OTS / SK) – In its labor agreement, the Austrian federal government has declared war on the sealing of valuable areas through construction. However, if you look at current surveys, that remains only a heading, SPÖ housing spokeswoman Ruth Ruth Becher stated on Thursday. “Turquoise makes blue, there is no activity, especially in the area of ​​housing policy. The fact that the new motto of the Greens is obviously ‘in times like this asphalt on the meadows’ surprises at least those who believed this ruling party to be interested in environmental protection. ”The excessive land consumption in Austria is unchecked. On December 1st, Dr. Kurt Weinberger, chairman of the board of the Austrian hail insurance, in a press release alarm: “Land consumption endangers Austria as a business location.” Another reason for his criticism was the current survey by the Austrian Federal Statistical Office on the quality of life in Austria. ****

There is enough room for improvement, explained Becher: According to the Federal Environment Agency, there are 40,000 hectares of vacant commercial, industrial and residential properties in Austria (this corresponds to the area of ​​the city of Vienna). According to the Federal Environment Agency, an area of ​​72,100 hectares is available as dedicated, undeveloped building land (building land reserves). This corresponds to almost five times the area of ​​Graz. Nevertheless, new building land is dedicated.

“Turquoise green sells Austria’s livelihood piece by piece – for the benefit of speculators and the thwarting of the landscape. This happens to the detriment of the quality of life of current and future generations. ”As one of many sensible measures, Becher calls for a stronger focus on multi-storey residential construction. “Therefore the federal government should build 150,000 social housing all over Austria itself. That would be easy to do with free loans from the European Investment Bank, ”concluded the SPÖ housing spokeswoman. (End) up / mp

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