The Minister of Housing, Henri Kox, has come under fire in the past week over new rental legislation.
The Ministry of Housing has responded to the criticism from fellow governing parties targeting the reform of Luxembourg's rental legislation.
In recent weeks, some members of government have criticised the fact that the reforms could lead to an increase in rent for older apartments, compared to new-builds. On Wednesday, the LSAP's co-president, MP Francine Closener, told RTL Radio that her party did not fully support the amendments to the bill.
In response, the Ministry pointed out that both the DP and LSAP parties received the amendments in July 2022 for internal discussion, before all three governing parties adopted the amendments in October as part of the government council.
The Ministry added that Kox would be willing to once again explain the amendments at the National Conference for Housing on 22 February, which will bring together all relevant parties belonging to the "National Affordable Housing Strategy" as part of a broad exchange on the reforms.
The Ministry also highlighted the contradiction from its critics, which both deplore the fact that the new legislation could increase rent for older apartments, while expressing concern that the rent for new apartments would not be high enough.
Over the past few months, the Ministry has published a number of documents to explain its approach.
