The Importance of a Special Fund for Social Housing: Insights from Freiburg’s Lord Mayor Martin Horn

In times of tight budgets, a “special fund” is a popular way of spending money and at the same time saving money. The federal government uses this to finance its current expenditure, for example. The rest, like investments, is financed from special funds. The tenants’ association demands just such a special fund. It should provide money for social housing: 50 billion euros. In an interview with SWR Aktuell presenter Ralf Hecht, he explains how Freiburg’s Lord Mayor Martin Horn assesses this and why he is happy that a referendum in Freiburg has averted worse things in terms of municipal housing.