Rent in Berlin: 84-year-old threatens to evacuate

Rent in Berlin: 84-year-old threatens to evacuate

Manfred Moslehner, known as a man, an 84-year-old man, faces a difficult process at the Wedding district court. The investor, who has acquired the settlement in Berlin-Reinickendorf, wants to drive him out of the house in which he has lived since his birth. The tenant community on Steinberg, to which Manne belongs, fights against the investor's modernization plans, which would lead to significant rent increases.

The judge who heads the evacuation procedure shows understanding for the tenants and their years of struggle. She doubts whether she really has to make a judgment or whether there is still a way to reach an agreement. The settlement on the Steinberg, which has been housing working-class families since the 1920s, has had a long way of the arguments and protests behind them, while many tenants died and their houses were modernized and sold.

Manfred Moslehner rejected the modernization work because he could not afford the higher rents. He was condemned to have urgently needed work carried out, which he resisted out of fear of losing his house. The investor's judiciary emphasizes that they have wanted to bring about a legal decision for ten years, even though they have offered Mr. Moslehner implemented apartments that he refused.

When the judge asked Manne about his willingness to leave the house, he hesitates that there is no willingness. His lawyer has submitted a certificate from the social psychiatric service to confirm the Muslehner's persistent bad health constitution. The judge plans to take the time, to examine the arguments and to announce a judgment.

A political intervention by the member of the Bundestag Canan Bayram from the Greens could be a last hope for an agreement between investor and tenant. The decision about Manfred Moslehnrs at home is still pending while the joint support remains strong for him.