Winterthur practice rooms will not become more expensive
The City of Winterthur submits new rental agreements for the music practice rooms and waives a price increase overall.
The Winterthur Neighborhood Development Office manages and rents out 41 music practice rooms in the city of Winterthur. In December 2014, the Grand Municipal Council cut the department's global credit for 2015 by twenty percent. To help implement this decision, the Neighborhood Development Office decided to increase the rents for the music practice rooms.
The announcement triggered a protest from the musicians. The city had to acknowledge that it had acted incorrectly in some respects and decided last November to forego the planned rent increase. At the same time, it announced its intention to adjust the contracts and prices.
According to its own announcement, the city held an information event yesterday evening to explain to the tenants of the music practice rooms how this adjustment is to take place. The contracts currently available in two versions will be presented to the tenants in a standardized form for voluntary signature.
The prices will be adjusted to the quality of the rooms on the basis of a catalog of criteria and thus made fairer. Overall, there will be no significant price increase. The new contracts will apply from September 2016.
