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Tenant protection: SPD and Greens accuse Buschmann of blockade
Germany is one of the countries with the lowest home ownership rate in the world. photo
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Germany is one of the countries with the highest proportion of tenants in the world. In the coalition agreement, the traffic light agreed on measures to protect tenants. Greens and SPD are now insisting on implementation.
Dispute in the traffic light coalition: Politicians from the SPD and the Greens have accused Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) of blocking tenant protection. “Although concrete measures to protect tenants were agreed in the coalition agreement and are therefore on the table, Minister Buschmann is neglecting his homework and is blocking the adjustment of tenancy law,” Christina-Johanne Schröder, spokeswoman for housing for the Greens parliamentary group, told the “Rheinische Post”. (Saturday).
Possible measures include lowering the cap on rent increases, extending the rental price brake and expanding the obligation to list rents. Schröder emphasized that Buschmann had already promised a draft law for 2022. “The tenants must finally be protected from the further exploding prices. Because in contrast to the falling real estate prices, rents continue to rise.”
SPD puts pressure on Buschmann
The housing policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, Bernhard Daldrup, also increased the pressure on Buschmann. “The situation in the rental housing market has long required rapid action and the measures have been decided in the coalition agreement, so they are not the subject of further negotiations,” Daldrup told the newspaper.
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) had also made several suggestions for better protection of tenants, but tenancy law is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. Germany is one of the countries in the world with the highest proportion of tenants and, accordingly, the lowest home ownership rate. The exact figures vary depending on the type of survey.