Second homes

Three answers

Proposals of the left, the centre and the right, summarised by Votara editors from the parties' own documents and from parliamentary business. They are not Votara's opinion.

Left: SP and Greens · Centre: Die Mitte and GLP · Right: SVP and FDP. This grouping is an editorial choice by Votara. Source for the parties' left–right placement: Selects 2023 election study (FORS, in German)

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• Left

  The SP wants to tax second homes substantially where housing is short, so that they are sold or let all year or to tourists. In tourist areas, cities included, the tourist use of a dwelling would be limited to 90 days a year. According to their programme, the Greens want to prevent any relaxation of the Lex Weber; instead, the federal government should support mountain communes in moving towards a tourism that uses fewer resources.

  Parties: SP and Greens

  Written by Votara editors from SP Switzerland, position paper «Wuchermieten stoppen, Immobilienwirtschaft in den Dienst der Menschen stellen!», 28 February 2026 (in German)

  Also stated in: Greens Switzerland, «Agenda 2023–2027» (in German)

• Centre

  Die Mitte supported, in its 2023 consultation reply, parliamentary initiative 20.456 (Martin Candinas): for dwellings built under the old law, extensions as well as demolition and rebuilding may also create new dwellings. Parliament adopted this change to the Second Homes Act in 2024. The GLP rejected it in its consultation reply, saying it would add to price pressure on main homes in tourist resorts.

  Parties: Die Mitte

  Written by Votara editors from Die Mitte, consultation reply on parliamentary initiative 20.456, 18 January 2023 (in French)

  Also stated in: Parliamentary initiative 20.456 by Martin Candinas (Die Mitte), Curia Vista (in German and French)·GLP Switzerland, consultation reply on parliamentary initiative 20.456, 15 February 2023 (in German)

• Right

  The SVP supported, in its 2023 consultation reply, parliamentary initiative 20.456; it welcomes in particular that additional dwellings may be created when a building is rebuilt. The FDP asked, in motion 20.4075 (Olivier Feller), that foreign investors may also finance hotel projects through second homes and build dwellings run for tourists; the National Council rejected it in 2022.

  Parties: SVP and FDP

  Written by Votara editors from SVP Switzerland, consultation reply on parliamentary initiative 20.456, 15 February 2023 (in German)

  Also stated in: Motion 20.4075 by Olivier Feller (FDP), Curia Vista (in German and French)