Considerable decline in dwelling vacancy rate in 2022
Neuchâtel, 12.09.2022 - On 1 June 2022, there were 61 496 empty dwellings in Switzerland. This was 1.31% of the total housing stock (including single-family houses). The dwelling vacancy rate has thus fallen 0.23 percentage points year-on-year. Such a large year-on-year decline was last observed 20 years ago. There were 9869 fewer empty dwellings compared with the previous year, representing a striking decrease of 13.8%. These are some of the findings of the empty dwellings survey from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
This press release and further information on the topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below).
Address for enquiries
INFO BAU, FSO, Economic Surveys section, tel.: +41 58 467 23 70, email:info.bau@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
Federal Housing Office
http://www.bwo.admin.ch/
