Rental usury in Berlin: over 18,000 reports and high reclaims!

Rental usury in Berlin: over 18,000 reports and high reclaims!

An alarming phenomenon comes to light in Berlin: rental prices explode and create unsustainable conditions for the residents. The rental usury calculator of the Left parliamentary group will increasingly rent a key tool in the fight against exorbitant. According to B.Z. , the tool was used over 18,000 times in just two months, with the largest rental users to be determined in three quarter of the cases. Rents were an average of 54.7 percent above the local comparative rent, which means massive financial consequences for many households.

The discovery of these illegal rental price increases forces the district offices to become active. Exceeding 20 percent threatens sensitive fines of up to 50,000 euros, and even exceeding over 50 percent can be pursued by criminal law. Niklas Schenker, the speaker for rents and living the left, makes it clear that the Senate urgently needs to support the districts in order to defuse the situation. "The many cases of rental usury show how dramatic the housing situation in Berlin is," explains Schenker and demands qualified staff in order to be able to carry out the necessary investigations, as on left-fraction.berlin reported.

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The numbers are frightening and the reactions are necessary. In a further survey within one week, 5,672 cases were processed on the rental usury computer, with 75 percent suspected rental usury overruns. In 251 cases, the rent was even 74 percent above the comparison rent. Schenker demands immediate action to protect the rights of tenants and to recalculate overpaid rents. The Berlin administration faces the challenge of folding the brazen and establishing an effective system to pursue these considerable grievances.