Gas prices - Where is gas still affordable?

at the usual comparison portals there is now nothing below 24 cents.

Both earn reasonably average for the area here.

Almost exclusively tenants will be affected by the enormous back payments.
But that doesn't change the fact that owners also have to bear the higher price. Example with my son: until February about 6 cents, now about 12 cents per kwh. That already means a doubling from around €130 to €260 per month. Added to that is Habeck's allowance from October of maybe 5 cents, which means another €100 more per month. From February 23, we'll see what the provider wants; on the usual comparison portals, there is currently nothing below 24 cents. He wanted to build a new house next year because the house is old and just barely enough for 2 people, but now they have had a child and need more space. Both earn roughly average for this area. But right now a lifelong dream is bursting, years of planning are going down the drain.

A change in the next few years would be right, but not within a few months!

Of course, overall we are doing well, especially when looking worldwide. But that doesn't mean the masses choose their washing machine by its color. Many people currently can't even choose a washing machine; when the old one breaks, they have to try to get a used one.

But you're aiming pretty high there. The regional supplier is at 12 cents for new contracts here, a nationwide yellow one is at 17 cents.
I myself was at 2.7 at the beginning of the year, then at 5, now at 10 cents. I would be surprised if we're below 20 cents in February 23.

Well, the catch is also that "somewhat average" has not been enough for a detached single-family house for years depending on the area. The "a few €" operating ancillary costs are rather negligible in the current context of construction interest rates and material prices.

But the construction problem is not directly related to the rising gas prices.

The "few €" will be 250 € from October and probably 300 or 400 € next year.

they no longer are so with gas prices.

Here (Berlin surrounding area)

Yes, see the last post. While maybe rising interest rates and materials could have been absorbed, they can no longer be absorbed with gas prices.