Kuntschner candidacy: Die Linke is fighting for affordable living space in Pforzheim!

Kuntschner candidacy: Die Linke is fighting for affordable living space in Pforzheim!

Pforzheim, Deutschland - A remarkable step for the left in Pforzheim: Helmut Kuntschner, a 58-year-old software engineer, was unanimously elected Bundestag candidate for constituency 279. This was done during a meeting on Friday evening, in which Kuntschner clearly positioned itself on topics such as right -wing extremism and social justice. "The shift to the right should not go on," he said, pointing out the decreasing opposition to the conservative to right -wing extremist camp in Pforzheim. The Bundestag election is scheduled for February 2025, and Kuntschner will move into the election campaign with central issues such as redistribution and climate change, such as pf-bits.de.

But the challenges in Pforzheim are huge. The record -compatible rent increases increase numerous households and strengthen the problem of vacancy in the city center. The left Baden-Württemberg has therefore initiated the “Rent” popular application, which is strong for more affordable living space and a reduction in existing rental prices. City Councilor Marvin Weiß criticized the inactivity of the state government and demanded: "We have to end the vacancy in order to create affordable living space and make the city center more attractive." The situation is alarming, since the number of social housing in Baden-Württemberg has dropped by 63 percent since 2002, as [die-linke-pforzheim.de] (https://www.dielinke-pforzheim.de/start/aktuelles/ page/197/)

The implementation of the popular application will be a challenge, but requires the support of the population, which can actively provide their signature to remedy the grievances. Rents have increased by 52.3 percent in Pforzheim in the past eleven years and show how urgently the political measures must be. There is a clear agenda here: living has to be affordable again, apartment shortages actively combated, and the attractiveness of the city is increased to counteract the growing living space crisis.