This is what citizens and mayors say about banning the settlement

• The new law may come into effect in the summer that allows for restrictions on population and real estate purchase
• The new law also predicts an amendment to Local Taxes Act
• In Érd, the public reception is clear

About why a village or city may need settlement protection, about We wrote in detail here. And how can municipalities be prohibited or restricted specifically for real estate purchase and address reporting, they can read here.

In the legislation that exists as a draft, but even in force as of July 1 There are five options, which can prevent a settlement from an unwanted expansion of the population. These:

• To limit the purchase of real estate
• the widening of the pre -emptive right
• To make a real estate conditions conditions
• taxation obligation
• To make a address notification to a permit

For this reason it may be good for municipalities

As the decision will be made by the Parliament to the municipalities, only any restrictions where the high number of settlers will cause general dissatisfaction among local residents is expected in places – appreciated the bill László Balogh, expert at Ingatlan.com.

In his view, the settlements that enter the regulation are expected to make the acquisition of ownership or address. Municipalities where a dwelling house or holiday home exchange hands for 100 million may request a contribution of a few million forints to develop local infrastructure or public services. The draft legislation also predicts the amendment of the Local Taxes Act.

According to László Balogh, the Budapest district municipalities can also benefit from the application of the settlement protection law. There, for the past one or two years, every 10-11 and every 4-5 in the city center. home buyer was a foreigner. And this has contributed significantly To make the property in Budapest. If the districts live with foreign home buyers, the decision can hit two birds in one fell swoop: they can involve additional resources in the district budget and brake the pace of home growth.

It would be a finer tool to return building authority rights

These are not mandatory rules, and it is not really « talked » – he said of the Municipal Protection Law György Gémesi, President of the Association of Hungarian Local Governments. The latter will take place next week in Szentendre at the Agglomeration Mayors Forum.

György Gémesi, for his part, feels « strong » in the legislation that is being prepared. In his view, it would be worth more in the action against overpopulation if the municipalities were to be returned to construction powers and would receive more authority in the settlement review, but would like to listen to the mayors involved in the subject.

– Somehow, settlements such as settlements such as Érd or Falconerwhere there is no state source for nursery, kindergarten seats or to build water supply.

We also asked a representative of the municipalities whether he could use the municipal protection law to keep the municipalities away from the desirable settlers. As he said, he does not think that the law is preparing to select the municipalities based on such aspects, nor do he believe that the mayors would abuse him.

Érd has “cut out the security” of the proposal

The overload of agglomeration settlements is a system -level problem with an exceptional example of Érd, he said László Csázik, mayor of the city with county rights. In the settlement, neither utilities, institutional capacity, nor the transport network can withstand a continuous, high proportion of population growth, which has reached the thousands of people in recent times.

It was just 2022 that the settlement protection decree was tightened, and two years ago, a construction and change ban was made. That is, it was decided that It is not possible to build twin houses and condominiums in the city. Local legislation was welcomed by the majority of people, and by now their results have been seen: the population growth has decreased significantly.

– In recent decades, local infrastructure has expanded as a swallow. Not planned, but only due to current constraints, the mayor said. Because of this, he began before that ban Condominiums are no longer allowed by the waterworks to connect the system. We obtained permission to drill some extra wells, but this is just a symptomatic treatment. The streets are narrow, nearly fifty percent are not covered, and institutional supply is no longer allowed to increase the population. There are few nursery and kindergarten seats, but the expansion of schools, elderly homes and cemeteries could not follow the population. While the people are forced to take their children to other settlements or the capital, they are joined or abolished there because there is not enough children.

The population of two million previously declined, while its agglomeration increased by 500,000. However, the poor, poor infrastructure could not adapt to it everywhere. Especially in settlements such as Érd or Gyömrő, where there are no big companies, and this is why their own revenue is more modest.

Tibor Navracsics’ bill however Despite the problems listed, he « cut out the collateral » for the people – said László Csőzik.

– The main problem is that would limit the disposal of your own propertywhile most Hungarians have this only valuable – or most important – assets. This is why they rebelled against the bill in local forums.

The mayor added: he agrees with the purpose of the law, but not at the cost of restricting real estate trafficand since the vast majority of Érd works in the capital and tied there, for them, the clog would also have a serious problem. However, it would be worth considering that part of the legislation New settlers should make a financial obligation to contribute to the growing burden of the city.

Raised villages at Lake Balaton

Zalakaros and Salföld belong to the 10 settlements around Balaton, where the population has grown in the highest proportion over the past five yearsbut according to their mayors They are not in a position to deal with the settlement protection law.

Zalakaros had a population by 14.43 percent in 5 yearsbut still barely exceeding 3,000 people. Despite the dynamic rise in the settlement still belongs to the absolute livable category He said Mayor Judit Czirákiné Pakulár. Institutional and other infrastructures are appropriate, and the number of settlers has not yet reached the limit that would question this. As a result, in their case, the application of the settlement protection law does not arise.

What they need is a larger grocery store or a commercial center that has long been struggling to realize. About 12,000 would be used with those living in neighboring small settlements, but due to the plase law, the 3000 -person Zalakaros could not be built in Zalakaros, which is not an economical size category.

In Salföld, the population rose 21.43 percent in 5 yearsFrom 70 to 85. They would be happy to grow further, especially with young families, but they do not have enough room for it, as the village is completely surrounded by the Balaton Uplands National Park, said Mayor Gusztáv Fábián. A solution could be to introduce the right to pre -emptive the municipality, to which the new law would give you the opportunity But this is prevented by the fact that there are astronomical real estate prices.

« If the law appears, we will, of course, get to know it, but I don’t think we will apply any of its elements, » the village leader said.