About every eighth person living in a rented apartment in Germany is overburdened with their housing costs. This is shown by an analysis by the Federal Statistical Office. Overburdening therefore means that all living expenses, including the recently sharp rise in energy costs, consume more than 40 percent of the disposable household income. That was the case for 12.8 percent of tenants last year. With a tenant share of 50.5 percent of the total population, Germany is at the top in Europe. Only a few countries such as Austria or Denmark achieve similarly high values. As a result, cold rents have a high impact on inflation in these countries.
Federal Statistical Office – Housing costs are a huge burden – Economy
