With 27,000 evictions in one year - the most common reason is rent arrears

With 27,000 evictions in one year - the most common reason is rent arrears

According to a report by www.focus.de, more than 27,319 apartments in Germany were forcibly evicted in 2022 due to rent arrears. This emerges from a response from the federal government to a request from the Left in the Bundestag. This is the most common cause of loss of housing. The federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Saxony are particularly affected.

The Left's rental and housing expert, Caren Lay, is calling for terminations of rent arrears to be lifted and evictions into homelessness to be banned. She warns that if the federal government does not act, even more people will lose their apartments and thus their homes. She further emphasizes that the extreme increase in rents is contributing to aggravation of the situation.

According to the information, most of the evictions were carried out in the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Saxony. It is estimated that the actual total number of evictions in 2022 could be around 30,000, as the federal government has not provided information for all states. The Left points out that the actual number could be even higher if the missing data for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein are taken into account.

These data indicate a serious situation in the real estate market. The increasing number of forced evictions due to rent arrears indicates that the housing shortage in Germany is worsening. The impact on the real estate market is particularly serious in the populous federal states, as the high number of evictions could lead to excessive vacancies and further rising rents. The federal government and the responsible authorities should take measures to counteract this development and help the people affected.