Real estate: Owners’ association plans to take constitutional action against CO₂ price – Economy

The property owners association Haus und Grund wants the CO₂ costs to be shared between tenants and landlords through this Federal Constitutional Court to have checked. “We are looking for the way to Karlsruhe,” said association president Kai Warnecke to the newspapers of the Funke media group, according to the preliminary report. This year the first operating cost statements were issued using the new system. “As soon as we have a suitable case, we will have it examined legally,” said Warnecke. That will probably be the case in a few months.

This will take effect for the first time in 2023 a system for distributing the CO₂ price for rental apartments, which the traffic light coalition had decided on. In buildings with high carbon dioxide emissions per square meter Landlord A larger share of the costs are borne by tenants in buildings with low emissions. “We do not have the impression that this standard is an appropriate justification for the distribution of the CO₂ price,” said Warnecke. The landlord has no control over consumption. The association therefore advocates redistributing the income from the CO₂ price via climate money. “It would also have a social component,” said Warnecke. However, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has made it clear that a decision on the disbursement of climate money should only be made in the next legislative period.