Thousands of forced evictions in NRW

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Thousands of people in North Rhine-Westphalia lost their homes to forced eviction last year. 8690 homes were forcibly evicted in NRW 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 German Press Agency. The number thus remained roughly the same compared to 2021 (8656). Rent debts are the most common cause of people losing their homes.

More evictions were carried out in NRW than in any other federal state. On average, there were more than 23 per day. Measured in terms of population, there were more evictions in Brandenburg and Bremen, for example, but NRW is also way up there.

Caren Lay, the Left Party's expert on rent and housing, demanded that evictions for back rent payments should be canceled and "evictions into homelessness" should be prohibited. "If the federal government does not act, even more people will lose their apartments and their homes because rents are being raised to extreme levels," said Lay. "Every eviction is one too many."

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1. The Left Party in the Bundestag, seeking action from the Federal Government, criticized the high number of forced evictions in North Rhine-Westphalia, as reported by the German Press Agency from an answer provided by the government.
2. Despite having the highest number of evictions among German federal states, NRW had a similar rate of forced evictions in 2022 as in 2021, with 8690 and 8656 evictions, respectively.
3. In response to the rising number of evictions due to rental debts, Caren Lay, the Left Party's expert on rent and housing, called for canceling evictions for back rent payments and prohibiting "evictions into homelessness."
4. Acknowledging the Federal Government's inactivity, Lay warned that if no action is taken, evictions will continue to increase as rent prices soar, causing more and more people to lose their apartments and homes.
5. Düsseldorf, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, and other cities in NRW were among the locations where evictions were carried out by authorities, emphasizing the need for social support and protection for at-risk residents.

Source: www.stern.de