Change of Wfa funding on September 15?

Hello!

We had the sales consultant of a prefab house company with us yesterday. We pointed out to him quite early that we intend to use Wfa funds, as we had already received approval for Model A.

Now the salesperson presented us with an (internal?) letter from an unspecified source, which stated that only applications submitted by September 15 should be evaluated according to the current guidelines. Included would also be house purchase contracts concluded under the condition of the provision of public funds by this date.

He then verbally told us about the new guidelines planned after the deadline: Model B would be completely dropped and the plot size would be limited to 400m². Since our plot exceeds this limit, funding after 09/15 would no longer be possible for us.

It makes me extremely suspicious, of course, that this deadline should end exactly one week after our sales meeting and thus naturally plays right into the salesperson's hands. Moreover, I cannot imagine that this information would not somehow get onto the internet; so far, I have not been able to find any.

Is it even usual for such planned changes to be kept secret in order to avoid a flood of applications? I was only at the responsible authority for Wfa funds last week and was only informed about the deadline for this year’s grants (November 15). According to the sales consultant, the employee was not even allowed to share information about the planned changes with me.

So now my question is whether anyone here has similar information or can assess whether something like this is even realistic. On the one hand, I find the whole thing rather unbelievable, on the other hand, I somehow cannot imagine that an experienced regional sales manager would use such dubious tactics to squeeze a signature for a house contract out of us as quickly as possible.

Best regards Christian

Suddenly imposed application stop – approval deadline 30.09.2010

Hello,

...Therefore my question now is whether anyone here has similar information or can assess whether something like this is even realistic.

From September 15 onwards, no more applications for WfA funds for the year 2010 will be accepted. Contracts concluded by 15.09. with a right of withdrawal entitle the applicant to still submit an application this year.

Further explanation:

The ministry’s circular decree states that under certain conditions, funding applications can still be submitted beyond 15.09.2010, namely if these are submitted together with proof that by 15.09.2010 at the latest

- a legally effective contract for the initial acquisition of a funded property or the acquisition of existing living space including a right of withdrawal pursuant to No. 5.5.3 WFB has been concluded or
- delivery and service contracts with a right of withdrawal pursuant to No. 1.4 WFB concerning the funded property have been concluded or planning, soil investigations, or preparation of the property have been started.

If no final decision has been made on such an application by 30.09.2010, this – as with all funding applications not approved by then – will only be made with the announcement of the 2011 funding program. This is expected to be announced in January 2011; nothing is currently known about its content and scope.

To avoid hardships, the approval authorities were authorized last Friday in a further decree to consent to early commencement of construction for building measures if the proofs or credible evidence of the essential funding requirements are available.

Kind regards

That was exactly the text. Thank you very much for the information.

If one signs a house contract with a right of withdrawal reservation according to No. 5.5.3 WFB by 15.09., one should still receive the funding under the old conditions, right? (of course, there is no legal claim)

I will probably ask the responsible caseworker again how they generally handle incoming applications now.

Thank you again,
Christian

Similar problems

We also learned about the application stop today.
We are close to the building permit application, but since we still have change requests for the planning, the building permit application probably won't be ready by Wednesday.

My questions:
1. Can I submit the funding application in due time even without a building permit application?
2. We have entered into an architect contract (with a right of withdrawal after the application planning), have started the planning, and commissioned a surveyor. Is that enough to be allowed to submit the application after 15.09.?

I know I should ideally ask the caseworker. But I can only reach them on Monday. The architect says that without the change, he can manage the building permit application by Wednesday with weekend work.........