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Initiative «Safe housing for the elderly»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Sicheres Wohnen im Alter»
Voting day 23.09.2012
Voting result Rejected (47.39% Yes votes and 9.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 564
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Environment and living space > Housing > Building of residential housing, property ownership
Public finance > Taxation > Tax system
Social policy > Social groups > Senior citizens
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators HEV
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 111,861
Time used to collect signatures 535 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 10.060
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 632 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (77 Yes, 119 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 36 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities Link department
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FPS
KVP
SVP
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 27.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGV
No
SGB
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
BDP VD
CVP GE
CVP TG
FDP GE
FDP LU
FDP NE
FDP TG
Free vote
CVP AG
FDP BS
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (47.39% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (9.5 Yes, 13.5 No)
Rejected
AI
BE
BL
BS
FR
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
AG
AR
GE
GL
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
Turnout 42.53%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report PDF (in German)