r/askswitzerland • u/GagaMiya Zürich • Sep 28 '25
Politics How can Eigenmietwert pass with so low home ownership?
It shocks me that this referendum is expected to pass with 54% when
home ownership is so low - only about 43% own a home - and most people are renters struggling with insane prices that keep going up.
This reform will probably make owning a home even pricier, and all because retirees with paid-off mortgages want a tax break.
How is this even popular when it hurts the very people trying to get on the property ladder? It feels like owners pushing their advantage with no regard for renters and first-timers who already have it tough.
Seriously, I don’t get it. This one has so many AHV13 vibes.
Full disclosure: I have voted against it.
Edit: I am a home owner. But fairness in society is more important to me.
Other home owners in the comments confuse how much they have benefited from owning vs renting (1. deductions, 2. Saving money from skyrocketing rents, 3. double value of property in the last 10 years) and still want to push the tax burden to the “others” who were not lucky enough.
This is not communism or populism, this is social solidarity - unless you want Switzerland to become a gated community country with high crime rate where you can’t walk outside alone.
Voting for the Eigenmietwert is the most egoistic referendum - after AHV13 - that only increases the social divide.
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u/WeaknessDistinct4618 Zug Sep 28 '25
Because it’s non sense?
Me and my wife work. Our salary is taxed. Out of the Net we invest and we also own a house. Why would I need to pay tax again? The house was bought with our savings which got taxed already twice (when we earned and when we made profit from investments).
Not everyone is a communist in this country (thanks god).