Living - Around 800 forced evictions in Thuringia in 2022
The number of evictions in Thuringia fell slightly last year. In 2022, bailiffs had apartments evicted in 791 cases, compared to 855 in the previous year. This is according to an answer from the federal government to a question from the Left Party in the Bundestag, which is available to the German Press Agency.
The number of evictions across Germany also fell from around 29,000 in 2021 to 27,300 last year. However, the figures do not include data from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein. The most common reason for losing a home is rent debt.
The most evictions in absolute terms in 2022 were in the densely populated federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (8690) and Bavaria (2579). However, the highest number of evictions per 10,000 inhabitants was in Brandenburg (around seven), Bremen (around six) and Saxony (five and a half). In Thuringia, the proportion was 3.72 evictions per 10,000 inhabitants.
Caren Lay, the Left Party's expert on rent and housing, demanded that evictions for rent arrears should be canceled and "evictions into homelessness" should be banned. "If the federal government does not act, even more people will lose their apartments and homes, because rents are being raised to extreme levels," said Lay. "Every eviction is one too many.
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Despite the decrease in evictions in Thuringia, residents continue to face the risk of homelessness due to rent debt. The Left Party in Berlin has called on the Federal Government to intervene and ban evictions for rent arrears. This issue is not limited to Thuringia, as evictions across Germany have also seen a decrease, from 29,000 in 2021 to 27,300 last year. Residents of Erfurt, the capital city of Thuringia, are closely following these developments, as they live in a region with a high eviction rate compared to other federal states, with 3.72 evictions per 10,000 inhabitants in 2022.
Source: www.stern.de
