Distribution plan of the Free State until the end of the year: City can manage without new emergency accommodation for refugees until further notice
GGG takes over occupancy management itself - shared accommodation put out to tender - support programme for occupancy rights
The Free State of Saxony has informed the City of Chemnitz of the planned distribution of asylum seekers until after the turn of the year. Mayor Barbara Ludwig informed the city of this today. According to this, the city of Chemnitz will have to take in 2,230 people in 2015. This means that 98 people per week will be allocated from next week, rising to 196 people per week by week 52.
According to this plan, the city of Chemnitz will manage without further emergency accommodation until further notice (end of the 1st quarter of 2016). According to the accommodation and care concept, the focus remains on decentralised accommodation.
Particular attention is paid to families with children, people in need of assistance and women, who should not be accommodated in centralised shared accommodation if possible. For asylum seekers housed by GGG, the company will take over occupancy management itself from 1 December 2015 in coordination with the municipal social services department. This includes all issues relating to letting as well as additional services for furnishing, maintaining and repairing the furniture in the flats as well as providing tenancy agreement support for users.
For the new accommodation, GGG provides the social welfare office with living space in accordance with the available capacities. According to current planning, this includes up to 150 people per month.
This week sees the start of the tendering process for two further shared accommodation units, which will be available from 1 July 2016. Accommodation and care for 150 people each with a reserve capacity of 50 additional places each have been put out to tender.
The Free State of Saxony grants subsidies for the acquisition of occupancy rights to vacant flats from private homeowners. The city of Chemnitz has a contingent of around 300,000 euros at its disposal. The aim is to accommodate asylum seekers as far as possible throughout the city in order to facilitate integration. For this reason, the occupancy rights are only to be allocated to neighbourhoods where there are hardly any refugees. The City of Chemnitz will propose a procedure for the allocation of funding, which will also be presented to the City Council's Administration and Finance Committee.
Note: Details on the Free State's guidelines can be found at www.chemnitz.de, the call for tenders in tomorrow's official gazette.