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S U B S C R I B E
Tuesday, 4 September, 2012
Urgent cry for rent control
The Swiss Association of Renters (ASLOCA) is calling for urgent action as they say rents rise an average of 20 percent each time a new lease is signed in the Lake Geneva area. That figure rises to 30 percent around Zurich. They blame the skyrocketing rents on immigration and proprietors taking advantage of the situation. They also claim the issue needs to be taken up in future debates over the labor treaty with the EU. WRS’s Dave Goodman speaks to Balthasar Glättli, a member of the executive committee of ASLOCA and a Green MP from the canton of Zurich:
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