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Berlin (dpa) - From the point of view of the industrial union Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU), high rents in the big cities lead to an increasing number of commuters.
"Because living in Germany's major cities is no longer affordable for many employees after years of sometimes exorbitant rent increases, they often only have hours of driving as an alternative," said chairman Robert Feiger after a message from the union.
Feiger relies on the latest figures from the Federal Employment Agency (BA), according to which around 13 million employees subject to social insurance in Germany left their city or district on the way to work every day in the first half of 2020.
That was around 200,000 more than a year earlier.
The "Rheinische Post" had previously reported on this.
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According to an earlier data analysis by the Federal Institute for Building, Urban and Spatial Research, as many as 19.3 million employees recently commuted, 4.4 million more than in 2000. According to the information, the strong increase is primarily due to the increase in the number of employees in recent years.
Long commuting distances no longer only played a role in the metropolises, said Feiger.
"Even cities like Braunschweig, Erfurt or Heidelberg have high five-digit values," the unionist stated.
Long journeys are particularly common in the construction industry.
But it should not be the case that people who built apartments in the big cities could no longer afford them themselves.
In order to alleviate the housing shortage, IG BAU is calling for a significant increase in funding and permanent price maintenance for social housing.
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