Federal study identifies objections and appeals by neighbours as the main reason for insufficient housing construction in Switzerland

by BezugssystemCH1903

13 comments

  1. Summarised title from this train wreck of a headline:

    >__Housing shortage__
    – >__Because neighbours are complaining, there are too few flats__

    >__Too few flats are being built in Switzerland to accommodate the growing population. Now a study commissioned by the federal government shows that Objections and appeals are the main cause of thwarted projects.__

  2. Honestly we need to tone down the right to make objections to construction projects.

    Those laws are all well intentioned but we’ve enabled the worst of us to block projects that are for the benefits of everyone (solar projects, public transportation projects,…).

    There is a balance to be found and we are way, way, past it.

  3. Ha, weird, RE investors always told me it’s because of too many regulations.

  4. Personally, I think there are enough flats.

    There are not enough flats at different rental points, though. Almost everything new being built is ridiculously expensive.

  6. I found the Ausnutzungsziffer pretty stupid. I couldn’t make a 5th room in my house because the Ausnützungsziffer would be to high otherwise. Now I have a lot of airspace which is basically wasted space within my house. WTF is this shit

  7. Yes, unfortunately is is a lot easier to prevent something from being built than actually building stuff in switzerland. People always find reasons to oppose new infrastructure and housing.

  8. Objections made by homeowners? Probably landlords protecting their investment.

  9. At least they shouldn’t be able to object the construction of schools, kindergartens, KiTas, hospitals etc. The real case when one person delays the construction of KiGa for years is ridiculous.

  10. Ah yes, “always more”. The goal being several billions in our country, I guess.

    As long as people worship high-tech as some kind of deity that will always find solution, we indeed won’t try to adapt to the increasing shocks that are here and will intensify.

    But keep pretending this is “one of the main issues” we face to keep your head buried in the sand, while not acknowledging the obvious limits we’re hitting on ressources, energy, population, etc. and the obvious consequences of always more pollution of so many kind.

  11. Fuck those Bünzlis. I bet the vast majority of the complainers are insufferable boomers who bought a house 30-50 years ago for dirt cheap. Change the law and start to build. Fuck those entitled geezers.

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