Local authorities can receive special funding for the following projects:
- New construction or acquisition of new rental housing,
- Modification and extension measures to create rental housing,
- Establishment of rent and occupancy commitments in rental housing stock.
Additional funding is possible in particular for
- from the achievement of a so-called energy-saving house,
- Creation of barrier-free accessibility or age-appropriate conversion of rented accommodation,
- additional measures to design the living environment and to stabilise and maintain neighbourhood structures.
Funding is provided in the form of loans and grants. The interest rates on the loans are subsidised for a limited period.
The subsidised rental housing is tied for a period of either 30 or 40 years in favour of households generally entitled to housing (occupancy commitment).
Tenants are only considered to be households entitled to housing if they have a certificate of eligibility.
Exclusive or prioritised letting of generally tied rental flats to certain groups of people, such as citizens of the respective municipality, is excluded.
The subsidised housing must be let to the tenants for a reduced basic rent compared to the respective local comparative rent during the commitment period (rent commitment).
In all other respects, the above applies to the general social subsidised rental housing.