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Voting will take place in the city of Zurich on November 24, 2024. In addition to the motorway expansion, two tenancy law templates and the EFAS, cantonal templates are also being considered. Here you can find all the information and results.
More “Votes 2024”
City of Zurich: Template 1 – Direct counter-proposal to the “Affordable Housing for Zurich” initiative
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That’s what it’s about: The popular initiative “Affordable Housing for Zurich” demanded that the city and its housing foundations buy more properties and land and thus create affordable housing in Zurich. The capital of three of the four municipal housing foundations should therefore be increased by a total of 250 million francs. For the Retirement Apartments Foundation of the City of Zurich (SAW), this should also be tied to the construction of 2,000 new apartments by 2040.
Since the city council and the local council rejected the initiative and developed a direct and indirect counter-proposal, the initiative committee withdrew the initiative. Therefore, only the two counter-proposals will be voted on, but not the initiative.
The direct counter-proposal makes the purchase of properties for affordable housing by the city and its housing foundations a goal in the municipal code. However, it does not set out a specific growth target for SAW.
The Results:
You can find it live here on Sunday from 12 p.m
City of Zurich: Template 2 – Indirect counter-proposal to the “Affordable Housing for Zurich” initiative
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That’s what it’s about: In the indirect counter-proposal, however, the increase in the foundation capital of the municipal housing foundations should not be regulated in the municipal code, but in the statutes of the housing foundations and should include all four foundations. The indirect counter-proposal sets this amount at 300 million francs because the Simply Living Foundation should also be taken into account.
The Results:
You can find it live here on Sunday from 12 p.m
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City of Zurich: Template 3 – “Bye gender star!”
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That’s what it’s about: The city of Zurich introduced the gender star for its texts in June 2022 in order to appeal to all genders. The popular initiative “Bye Genderstar!” requires the city to abandon the gender star and other special characters within words. She should use clear language. This requirement should be included in the municipal regulations – the constitution of the city of Zurich.
The Results:
You can find it live here on Sunday from 12 p.m
City of Zurich: Template 4 – UBS building in Altstetten
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That’s what it’s about: North of the Altstetten train station is the UBS service center VZA (“Altstetten Processing Center”). The center consists of two properties VZA1 and VZA2. The building on the VZA1 site is in need of renovation and should be replaced. To this end, UBS carried out a study contract process with the support of the city after developing a feasibility study and a master plan. The resulting project envisages a high-rise building in a sustainable wood-concrete construction with a height of around 110 meters.
The Results:
You can find it live here on Sunday from 12 p.m
City of Zurich: Template 5 – Severance benefits for members of the authorities
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That’s what it’s about: The changes to the regulation on severance benefits for members of public authorities (VAB) stipulate that only members of the city council will be compensated in accordance with VAB. For all other members of the authority, severance benefits will in future be regulated in the ordinance on the employment relationship of municipal staff (personnel law). For implementation, the regulation on severance benefits for members of the authorities and personnel law had to be changed.
The Results:
You can find it live here on Sunday from 12 p.m
City of Zurich: Template 6 – Replacement new town hall bridge
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That’s what it’s about: In order to renew the bridge in need of repair and to reduce the risk of a bottleneck in the area of the town hall bridge in the event of extreme flooding, the city wants to rebuild it by the beginning of 2029. This requires the current bridge to be removed and a new bridge to be built. The new construction of the town hall bridge and the lowering of the Limmat cost around 58 million francs. Voters decide on these expenses.
The Results:
You can find it live here on Sunday from 12 p.m
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