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is since 1999 in Berlin
Freedom of Information Act . An initial assessment of the scope and the difficulty here is
view. Each therefore a comprehensive information right to control public authorities. The law thus regulates the fundamental right to public Document view. Of course this in turn is highly restricted, since protection is personal data. This is particularly the case when contracts have been concluded by the public and private funds.
Furthermore, excluded a broad range of people, as charges are made.

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Informationsfreiheit:

residents (residence, apprenticeship, work in the district) can be in any Berzirksverordnetenversammlung questions to the district office. The question must be submitted in particular the written PRIOR (2 single issues). In addition, human then present an oral question. The question must have two working days before the Borough Assembly . Enter Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg to:
Email: bezirksverordnetenversammlung@ba-fk.verwalt-berlin.de

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An article from the renter

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for classification of the overall plan for urban housing associations: The "Policy Framework for the municipal housing companies can be "many questions remain
Andrej Holm

As with the municipal housing companies? This question is not just the renters of Berlin, but also the competent departments of the Senate Department for Urban Development. Particularly in relation to the massive privatization processes of the past years, tenants of the Berlin community and other tenant organizations demanded again and again to develop a long-term vision for the municipal housing companies. Middle of last year, the Senate decided a long overdue "master plan for urban housing associations. But many questions remain unanswered.

On 3 July 2007, the Senate of Berlin, a so-called "global approach to urban housing associations. Purely formal, this is a significant step, because so far the country had Berlin as owner of the municipal housing company is no uniform Strategy for the current six state-owned housing companies. A comprehensive strategy for the housing association, which about 260,000 homes still account for a share of almost 15% of the total housing stock was not only required by tenant organizations, but also by the consulting firm Ernst & Young. This had given an opinion in 2003 in relation to the housing company launched the privatization wave in the course of the GSW was privatized.

Berlin Municipal housing companies

- Degewo German Society for the Promotion of housing, non-profit corporation
- Gesobau AG - Köwoge Köpenicker Housing Association

- city and country-residential buildings mbH The overall concept is obviously very different expectations connected. While the particular tenant organizations long-term strategy for social rents promise to seek the thoughts of management consulting more on the economic success of Berlin's housing policy. That social objectives of housing provision of the economic benefit orientations, but most likely to preclude, including in the home Junge-Reyer be known - even more astonishing is the ultimately adopted a compromise solution. Instead of a clear political priorities of the objectives of an equality is clear. Thus, no housing policy guidelines are formulated to meet these needs an economic strategy and be notified no economic objectives in order to represent the corresponding social restrictions open. Thus, the overall concept remains vague at all the places to start would find a political debate.

Social rhetoric ...

The "global approach to urban housing associations" identifies a number of housing policy objectives. It is described as useful to maintain a "sufficient strategic housing stock in the public sector to the housing market in the interests of renters and to help shape" address particular social problems "to contribute. What extent such a "strategic stock" should have is not discussed. With a reference to the average for metropolitan areas of the market share of about 15% of today's existing housing stock is considered "strategic" defined and fixed. "Sales of homes are therefore to be restricted to the self-assurance and inventory rounding absolutely necessary." In particular, larger sales - it provides the overall concept - must in future be coordinated with the Senate. Only the sale of individual homes or small residential units to home ownership are still allowed. That is also reduced by such small sales of the supposedly "strategic stock" is not discussed further.

... but no segregation avoid

International is associated with social or public housing stock worth reiterating the responsibility for balanced urban spatial development. To counteract segregation, ie the concentration of disadvantaged households in some neighborhoods, are öffentliche Wohnungen genau dort angeboten, wo ärmere Haushalte sich die Miete sonst kaum leisten können. Solche Überlegungen spielen im Gesamtkonzept der Senatsverwaltung jedoch nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Statt eines preiswerten Angebots zur Kompensation von Benachteiligungen bestehe die Aufgabe der Wohnungsunternehmen vielmehr darin, „auch in Zukunft ein breit gefächertes, nachfragegerechtes und attraktives Wohnungsangebot“ zu sichern. Ein attraktives Wohnungsangebot sei dabei als Standortfaktor wichtig und trage so zur „Eindämmung der Stadt-Umland-Wanderung und zur sozialen Stabilität in der Stadt“ bei. Mit anderen Worten: Die beste Medizin für soziale Problemgebiete ist die Förderung von Mittelklasse-Haushalten, because then the poverty is at least in a mixed neighborhood at home. Consistent with this strategy is the concept of a "stabilization by tenants privatization" tells stories. The property acquisition was "particularly in the areas where most people live in difficult social situations and in large settlements stabilizing effects on the social environment", as "owners of flats (...) in a special way for the residential environment" involved. The housing associations are expected to open their renters in this stock right opportunities.

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a "certain Potential of low cost housing "should be preserved - because it" is assessed, and an "economy of the increasingly positive factor weighed and mediating Rental Policy" to the housing association a "make a decisive contribution to integration". How this will happen precisely whom or what is "balanced" and the identity of causal chains here are intended to remain open, unfortunately. Past practices, such as rental housing in urban and rural society, the penalty virtually in the same neighborhoods stop an influx of non-German households (see

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No. 285), can not, at least only good things behind this formulation expect.

Under the heading "Social urban development" is to the company statutes, and treaties of the municipal housing company, remembers where the "adequate supply of suitable housing for large sections of the population" is established as a task of the housing companies. In particular, the keep of housing for low-income and disadvantaged households should be regarded as a contribution to urban social development. To ensure this, is to Mietgestaltung the municipal housing companies to be socially acceptable. Specifically, states that as a result the housing companies to rent increases von Modernisierungen an der ortsüblichen Vergleichsmiete zu orientieren haben. Dieses Deckeln der modernisierungsbedingten Mieterhöhungen soll übermäßige Mietsteigerungen verhindern, insbesondere wenn bei stark renovierungsbedürftigem Wohnraum höhere Investitionen getätigt werden müssen. Auch bei allgemeinen Mieterhöhungen sollen sich die Wohnungsbaugesellschaften am jeweiligen Mietspiegel orientieren – auch, um die „allgemeine Akzeptanz und Befriedungswirkung des jeweiligen Berliner Mietspiegels dadurch zusätzlich zu stärken“. Immerhin, bei Mieterhöhungen „sollen die Gesellschaften darauf achten, auch weiterhin Wohnungen für Haushalte mit niedrigem Einkommen in ihrem Bestand zu halten“. How many should be held to be and on what terms this low price segment is not further described.

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appear essential clarified the statements of the overall approach to the residential real estate aspects of corporate strategies. The task of the municipal housing company is to "the relevant company (...) to a dividend-oriented company" further. In particular, between 2002 and 2010, the borrowings are reduced by 25%. These were 2002, 8.6 billion euros and will be reduced by about 2.25 billion euros. As this amount is significantly higher than the sum of the expected annual profits of 100 million € and it is also still dividend payments to the state of Berlin is expected, the economic strategies depend largely on the 'obtaining favorable financing. In particular, in a joint market presence of public housing companies a chance to be seen, make existing lines of credit cheaper. In addition, is set to the classic elements of an economic efficiency orientation: the yields are increased and costs reduced. So shall "the income from rent (...) increased continuously. Besides the reduction of vacancy and other reasons for Ertragsschmälerungen sollen zusätzliche Erträge insbesondere durch die „Anpassung des Mietniveaus an gesteigerte bauliche Qualität von Wohnraum oder Wohnumfeld“ erfolgen. Daneben sollen energetische Verbesserungen zu einer Erhöhung der Nettokaltmieten genutzt werden, aber so, dass sich aufgrund sinkender Betriebskosten für die Mieter/innen keine Mehrbelastung ergibt.

Schwarze Zahlen seit 2007

Im vergangenen Jahr haben alle sechs städtischen Wohnungsbauunternehmen positive Jahresergebnisse erzielt. Insgesamt betragen die Überschüsse 116,6 Millionen Euro (Vorjahr 91,4 Millionen Euro). Der BBU meldete: „Der Schuldenstand sei um mehr als 500 Millionen Euro auf zuletzt gut seven billion euros have been reduced. The enterprise value amounted to 5.1 billion € Sarrazin, an increase of 13.3% over the previous year. "

keyword to reduce costs, in particular, led the administrative and personnel costs. It is the overall concept deemed a success, that the number of employees of the municipal housing companies between 2003 and 2006 by 4235 to 3696 of 12.7% could be reduced. The resulting savings in costs are shown with over two million euros. Under "specific targets" will be consistent for four of the six housing societies, the "reduction of personnel and material costs" and the "Agreement an appropriate measure of the redundancy set.

At the level of organization of the municipal housing companies, the concept relies on the introduction and development of a single controlling. In addition, the supervisory board, which so far have for the subsidiary of the Housing Company, be reduced to one per company. This is the role of a member - that is, the state of Berlin - to be strengthened. As the existing Companies Act restricts the transfer powers of the shareholder, the three housing companies organized as limited liability companies (Degewo, Gesobau, Gewobag) also transferred to the company form a limited liability company be.

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fail An assessment of the overall approach to public housing companies in Berlin "must necessarily skeptical. Although we started with the concept a long overdue debate on the future strategy of the municipal housing companies, but especially the housing policy statements remain vague and mostly tame. However, welcome though it is that profile the housing associations such as a carrier of "innovative forms of housing for senior citizens" and take in the implementation of energy policy measures, a "pioneering role" do vague, the answers remain the questions of a social rent and urban development. Thus, no such rate shall be the responsibility of housing associations for the adequate supply of housing needs of about 300,000 Communities for ALG II or maintain affordable housing opportunities in the urban areas of improvement after the lifting of the redevelopment statutes. On the contrary, responsibility for a socially balanced urban development is seen primarily in the promotion of home ownership and the targeted improvement of their own stocks. So therefore, in measures that do not conflict with the economic reform policy. A social housing policy, however, the actual responsibility for the wants to take care of the marginalized and the apartment is to secure a rental price-damping effect of some 260,000 local homes for the total urban housing market, with the efficiency requirements of the revenue improvements and cost reductions are not compatible. This concept is based largely on instead of the expected housing market and reduce social housing policy on emergency assistance for so-called 'special budget' protected market segment. reduction to business view

Possible potential to counteract a privately supported housing markets are not developed and are in the overall concept and not provided. The value of public housing companies will be shortened to business aspects. From a housing policy perspective, this concept not a solution but a problem. The Senate seems to be aware of it, because by far the more defensive view of the overall concept is the Senator Ingeborg Junge-Reyer so far avoided a debate about the future of the municipal housing companies successful. But by the next sale or talk the next rent index data issues to the tasks and perspectives of a local housing industry will again be on the agenda. And this concept is no satisfactory Antworten.

Überblicksartikel zur Geschichte der Wohnungsbaugesellschaften in Berlin.

Die Destruktion der kommunalen Wohnungswirtschaft in Berlin - von Joachim Oellerich

, MieterEcho 310/Juni 2005.

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Der 3. Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht (

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) der Bundesregierung zeigt einen frappierenden Trend auf. Hierzu ein kleiner Artikel aus dem

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von Christian Linde.

Der dritte Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht dokumentiert eine dramatische Zunahme von Armut – das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung hält die Zahlen sogar noch für geschönt

Eines der wichtigsten Ergebnisse der rot-grünen Regierung is three years after its official end: The gap between rich and poor has further deepened. Mainly long-term unemployed, less educated and single parents with their children are victims of the ongoing redistribution policy. Accordingly, there have been 13% of all people living in Germany below the poverty line. It's Every eight federal citizen. Another 13% only because of transfers, skip this threshold. That is, without government assistance such as unemployment, children or housing allowance, a total of 26% or one in four affected by poverty or in immediate danger. This is reflected in the new Poverty and Wealth Report, put forward by the ruling coalition.

It is the third poverty and wealth report of its kind, the previous studies are from the years 2001 and 2003. The current survey covers the period from 2002 through 2005 and includes the initial phase of a so-called labor market reform. The consequences, such as on the Hartz IV legislation and its implications for

Long-term unemployed are in the survey but not included.

Increased risk of social decline

Based on data from 2005 are one-person households as poor if they have less than 781 € per month. In 2-person households are € 1172 and is a four-person household, the Poverty threshold for a monthly net income of 1640 €. The limits arising from the so-called median value. This corresponds to 60% of the average income of the total population. For comparison: In the 2nd Poverty and Wealth Report, the poverty level was much higher: in 2003 the threshold was € 938 for single households. The reason for the altered base is in rapid decline in income in the middle and lower income segment.

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wealth exceeds the limit, whose income is twice as high as the average salary in the population. Accordingly, those one-person households in month mehr als 3268 Euro netto beziehen, als reich. Für eine vierköpfige Familie liegt die Grenze bei 8863 Euro netto. Diesen Wert erreichen nur 6,4% der Bevölkerung.

Auch in der Einkommensverteilung haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren gravierende Verschiebungen vollzogen. Während der Anteil der Besserverdienenden, die mehr als 150% des Durchschnittseinkommens beziehen, zugenommen hat, stieg gleichzeitig auch die Zahl der Geringverdienenden an. So ist ein besonderer Anstieg bei denjenigen zu verzeichnen, die einer Erwerbstätigkeit nachgehen und trotzdem von Armut betroffen sind. In Zahlen ausgedrückt: Die durchschnittlichen Bruttolöhne sind im Untersuchungszeitraum um 4,7% von jährlich 24.873 Euro auf 23.684 Euro gesunken. Here, the rate of inflation is not taken into account. Total 2005 income from salaried employment were more than a third of employees under the low income threshold. Early 90s this was still only around a quarter of the workers of the case.

Another risk group that is particularly vulnerable to poverty, the unemployed with children. The poverty rate of households with children where both parents are unemployed, is at 48%. Of the full-time pairs is at least 8% with almost one in ten dual-earner couple with the available household budget under the poverty line.

OECD complains double burden lower-income

one about the real income losses, the tax burden in Germany in the middle and lower income levels, not only the world's best, but one of the main causes for the increasing risk of poverty. This has a result in the fall of 2007 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD) published study. In this particular the high social security contributions of these income groups are criticized. Since the 70s this has increased from 27% to 40%. With the result that average incomes after the deduction of taxes and charges do not even have an income that corresponds to the tax subsistence. According to a model calculation remain a family of four with an annual income of 30,000 € after deduction of all taxes and charges, including child benefit only 24,000 euros. But also reflected in the income tax is skewed. Because the income limits - unlike the practice in many other countries - are not regularly adjusted for inflation, increasing parts of the population falling into the top tax rate. Originally, the maximum tax rate reached only at an income 20 times higher than the median income. Today, it is already at 1.4 times the average income of the case.

criticism of the criteria

About especially the part of the addition of the German Trade Union Confederation and the charities expressed criticism of the alarming results of the new Poverty and Wealth Report, experts even one step further and question the integrity of the figures presented. While the grand coalition at the statistics of the so-called EU-SILC in 2006, a European-wide standardized survey is based on income, list the prestigious surveys, such as the German Institute for Economic Research (longitudinal study of the socio-economic panel DIW), the much precise indicators as a basis, a significantly higher increase in poverty rates. The DIW has - for the Poverty and Wealth Report, the federal government - calculated that the poverty rate had increased between 2000 and 2006, from 11.8 to 18.3%. This number, however, lack in the corners of the poverty report. The figures are, the DIW said in a statement, "a too short selection of the facts."

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works similar to a citizens' initiative, but it has the disadvantage that it has no legally binding deadline. But have to sign "only" 1 percent of the vote entitles population.

contains essentially the citizens application vote eligible claims in writing. The district council must then vote on that amendment. Of course you can save the trouble almost since the application has prospects of success you can give him at a party member and he has no chance of success, then it is better to collect some more signatures and rely on a public petition.

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citizens resolution:

demonstrations and rallies are a thousands-year-old form of the articulation of policy concern. Freedom of assembly is protected as a political, democratic right by the Basic Law - Bisland but only for all people of German nationality (Article 8 of the Constitution). This prevents the State or the police but not because the right to protest often to set far-reaching and comprehensive cease to have effect - a recent example was about the long-range demonstration bans around the G8 summit in Heiligendamm. Not only because there are demonstrations and rallies to take care.

application

demonstrations are usually required to be registered. Registration must be made officially until 48 hours before the start of public notice. This is most easily fax or mail (registration form

). However, it is always possible, even at short notice to arrange a demonstration of current events. The application deadlines need not be complied with - in some cases is not even officially an applicant as a "responsible person" is required. Here the wording is vague, however äussserst - see the details of the police .

conditions

It is common for police authority meeting and seek in advance the right to demonstrate einzuschänken extent. Often it is said, desired routes or demonstrations are not possible (due to current road traffic, due Gefärdung public safety, etc.). In general, try the competent police officers, the demo in to the applicant permission to move with the regulations. Usually it is worth staying here hard, refused to consent to the wishes of good keepers, is often quite possible. Very common in recent times and often unnecessary trouble is causing the requirement to allow any side banners of more than 1.50 m in length. The desired political statement publicity to present to 1.50 m, however, is difficult. The internet address of their various information, including a short guide and good

of the Working Group Critical lawyers.

the moment as almost become the rule attacks by police at demonstrations and rallies. These can range from harassment and insults on use of tear gas, beatings and even to mass arrests.

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Since mid-2005, Berlin has the option of citizen initiatives and referendum carried out at district level. In many situations this may be a very good means to exert public pressure!
For the first stage, the citizens' initiative, are currently in the district of Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain about 5,000 valid signatures required. In Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain, there were previously three citizen initiatives:
the first of the initiative against the privatization of the future Bethany Bethany's main building on Mariannenplatz (citizens' successful acquisition of the key demands by the BVV successful 04/09/2006),
the second of the CDU against Dutschke-Strasse (citizens 'initiative, defeat in the referendum) and the third of the initiative
mediaspree sink successfully against the Verbaung the banks of the Spree (citizens' initiative and referendum).
In the following we have the sequence of such citizens desire schematically. Unfortunately, especially for larger construction projects, often the action of the district council (BVV) is limited - and thus the resources of the citizens desire. get more information under
More Democracy and on the website of the Initiative for Future Bethany
.

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citizens to share with the district office that they want to start a citizens' desire. You create a yes or no question to answer before naming and three confidants

The initiators have a right to consult with the district office. The district office shall issue a preliminary legal and estimates the cost of the popular concern. Concerns and cost estimate of the initiators are reported.

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After submitting the signatures of these are counted within a month. If the required number was reached, the formation of the citizens desire is detected, the protective effect is in force: Until the citizens decide and BVV District Office may not make the citizens desire to implement decisions or conflicting.

Within two months of observation of formation of the BVV deals with the citizens desire. There are three possibilities: a) approves the issue now and it makes it their own, b) it applies with the initiators of a compromise with which both parties are satisfied, or c) it comes to the citizens decide. The latter happens, the BVV submit an alternative proposal to a vote.

The information in the district voters get information about date and place of public decisions, are to vote on the templates and the respective arguments of initiators and district.

later than four months after Formation of the citizens desire there is a critical citizens. The right to vote all of BVV voters. A bill shall be considered adopted if it receives a majority of the votes cast, provided that at least 15% of eligible voters took part in the citizens decide.

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citizens desire:

"It is clear," so at least the district mayor Schulz in the evaluation of the continuation of the Stadtmonitorings Soziale Stadt 2007, „dass wir …auch sehr gegenläufige Prozesse haben. Sie werden also an vielen Stellen eine Entwicklung, die wie eine Scheere auseinander geht (und) als typisch für unseren Bezirk immer wieder feststellen können.

Mündliche Anfrage "Soziale Stadtentwicklung: Licht und Schatten" - DS 539/III+544/III

Final Report: Monitoring Social City Development 2007