On 13 August 2026, the Federal Chancellery declared the federal popular initiative \u2018Yes to Protection against Unfair Rents\u2019 to have been successfully launched. It had been submitted on 23 June 2026. Of the 110,577 signatures, the federal government recognised 108,437 as valid. This means that a housing policy measure at constitutional level has now entered…<\/p>","protected":true,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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