Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 1009137581

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-42841

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Repenning, Otto http://d-nb.info/gnd/127834125

Title:: Zusammenstellung der Aus- und Durchfuhrverbote

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: R. v. Decker's Verlag G. Schenck, Kgl. Hofbuchhändler

Year of publication:: 1917

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 386 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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DORTMUND. 185 The landlord pays the charge for water, and no rates are included in the rent. Rent is high in Dortmund. Of the 33 towns investigated, Berlin, Stuttgart, and Düsseldorf were the only towns in which tue rent level was found to be higher than here. Representing rents at Berlin by 100, the t corresponding figure for Dortmund is 68. The highest rents are found in the north-eastern and north-western parts of the town, and the lowest in the Hansch and harbour districts. There are some other factors of importance in regard to housing at Dortmund which must be noticed. The first of these is the work of the Savings and Building Society, which at the end of 1905 had 948 dwellings with a population of 4,840 persons, and is rapidly extending its operations. The society has received loans from the Central (Prussian) Government on condition of taking into its dwellings a number of postal employees (letter carriers, &c.), and railway servants. Persons desirous of obtaining accommoda tion in these dwellings must be shareholders in the society, which is thus of the nature of a co-operative undertaking. In the erection of the houses considerable attention has been paid to architectural appearance, and care has been taken to avoid a barrack-like uniformity. The rooms are large and well-equipped, and the use of forecourts round which the buildings are ranged on three sides gives them a roomy and attractive appearance. The rents range from £6 IO5. to £7 14s. per annum for dwellings of two rooms, from £8 155. to £11 II5. for dwellings of three rooms, and from £10 8s. to £13 135. for dwellings of four rooms. The rents in the newer blocks are distinctly higher than in those erected earlier, though they are still considerably less than the normal rents in the town. In Dortmund itself there is some housing by employers, but not on any very large scale. Reference has already been made to the dwellings erected by the two largest undertakings. The dwellings built by the Hoesch works are chiefly for foremen and small officials, but the colony of the " Union ” works is really for workmen. It accommodates about 260 families, usually in two-family houses built in blocks of three together. There are small gardens in front of the houses, and a large drying ground for the whole colony. The dwellings are well built and equipped, and the rooms large. For three large rooms the rent is £7 IO5. a year (2s. 11c?. per week) ; for three small rooms £4 IO5. to £5 85. (I5. 9d. to 2s. Id. per week) if on the ground floor, and £4 45. (I5. Id. per week) if above (the houses are of only two floors). In a few cases the whole of a six-roomed house can be obtained for from £12 to £14 (45. Id. , to 5s. od. per week). Many of the coal-mines build houses for their employees, and there are a number of such miners’ colonies close to Dortmund. A fairly typical example of the best kind is the colony of the “ Minister Stein ” colony, with about 140 houses, well-built and well-grouped, with small gardens, and with a large and admirably-planned central building containing a library and reading- rooms, baths for men and women, laundry, &c. The houses accommodate about 550 families ; the majority of the houses are for four families, but there are some for six and others for only two. The usual rent is os. per room pei month. The outward appearance of the houses is often better than the inside, and it is noteworthy that the tenants are permitted to take lodgeis. The only direct taxes which fall on the working classes are the income tax and the church tax. The income tax is a double one, vizState and Municipal. The State tax commences with incomes of over £45 a year, and does not (as in England) vary from year to year, but is a fixed amount on a graduated scale. The tax levied by the town for its own purposes is an addition of so much per cent, to the State tax, the rate at Dortmund being 200 per cent It should be noted, however, that every person with less than €150 income is allowed to deduct from his income for taxation purposes £2 IO5. for every child up to 14 years of age. But incomes of less than £4o do not escape local taxation ; if the local authority so chooses, it may assess them on the following basis :-Incomes up to £21, | per cent., 2.,., up to a maximum rate of 120 marks (I5. 2'4d.); incomes from £21 to £00 2'4I) marks (2& 4-8(7.) - incomes from £33 to £45, 4'00 marks (45.). The full local percentage may be levied on each of these three assessment bases. 2 A 29088

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