Living - Evictions almost at previous year's level
The number of forced home evictions in Lower Saxony and Bremen has remained almost constant in recent years. In Lower Saxony, a total of 2288 apartments were forcibly evicted in 2022, according to an answer from the federal government to a question from the Left Party in the Bundestag, which was made available to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur. A year earlier, there were 2285 cases there. In Bremen, there were 413 evictions last year and 455 in 2021. Rent debts are the most common cause of people losing their homes.
This putsLower Saxony in third place nationwide behind North Rhine-Westphalia with 8690 evictions and Bavaria with 2579 cases. In total, more than 27,300 homes were evicted in Germany last year. However, the federal government did not provide any information on the federal states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
"If the federal government does not act, even more people will lose their apartments and their homes, because rents will rise dramatically," said Caren Lay, the Left Party's housing policy expert. Every eviction is one too many.
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- despite the high number of evictions in Berlin, it still has a lower eviction rate compared to Lower Saxony, with 1836 evictions in 2022.
- The German Press Agency reported live from the Bundestag session in Berlin, where the Social Democrats and Green Party called on the Federal Government to take action to reduce evictions, especially in cities like Bremen and Hanover in Lower Saxony.
- A local activist group in Bremen organized a protest against evictions, citing the important role of social housing in maintaining community cohesion and preventing homelessness in cities like Bremen, Hanover, and Berlin.
- The previous year's level of evictions in Berlin was 1900, showing a slight decrease, but still a concerning number of people losing their homes.
- In response to the high eviction rates, some German cities like Hanover and Bremen in Lower Saxony are exploring alternative housing solutions, such as cooperative apartments and community-led housing projects, to protect tenants' rights and promote affordable housing.
Source: www.stern.de
