Tenants in Prenzlauer Berg require measures against repression and rising rents

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Berlin: Mieter kämpfen gegen Verdrängung in Prenzlauer Berg In den 90er Jahren wurden Sanierungsgebiete in Prenzlauer Berg eingerichtet, in denen Mietpreis- und Belegungsbindungen galten. Nun laufen diese Bindungen aus und die Mieter befürchten steigende Mieten und Eigenbedarfskündigungen. Aus Angst vor Verdrängung haben sich rund 80 Mieter zu einer Versammlung der Bezirksverordnetenversammlung Pankow zusammengefunden, um die politischen Vertreter zum Handeln aufzufordern. Carola Handwerg, Mietrechtsanwältin, bestätigt, dass die Mieten steigen und Eigenbedarfskündigungen zunehmen. Viele langjährige Bewohner haben Angst, ihre Wohnungen zu verlieren. Eine Seniorin namens Annerose Schröder, die seit 66 Jahren in Prenzlauer Berg lebt, berichtet, dass sie nur eine kleine Rente …
Berlin: Tenants fight against repression in Prenzlauer Berg in the 90s, renovation areas were set up in Prenzlauer Berg, in which rental price and occupancy bonds were applied. Now these bonds are running out and the tenants fear rising rents and their own priority notice. For fear of displacement, around 80 tenants came together for a meeting of the Pankow district council in order to ask the political representatives to act. Carola Handwerg, a tenancy lawyer, confirms that rents increase and increase in -house termination. Many long -time residents are afraid of losing their apartments. A senior named Annerose Schröder, who has been living in Prenzlauer Berg for 66 years, reports that she only a small pension ... (Symbolbild/MB)

Berlin: Tenants fight for repression in Prenzlauer Berg

In the 1990s, renovation areas were set up in Prenzlauer Berg, in which rental price and occupancy bonds were applied. Now these bonds are running out and the tenants fear rising rents and their own priority notice. For fear of repression, around 80 tenants came together for a meeting of the district council of Pankow to ask the political representatives to act.

Carola Handwerg, tenancy lawyer, confirms that rents increase and increase the term in terms of personal needs. Many long -time residents are afraid of losing their apartments. A senior named Annerose Schröder, who has lived in Prenzlauer Berg for 66 years, reports that she only receives a small pension and cannot afford the rising rents. An older man, whose name does not want to be named, shows his concern on a sign: "I have my own use of my rental apartment".

However, the tenants cannot be passed so easily. In the past few weeks, they have set up a catalog of demands at district meetings, which will be read at the meeting. You are calling for a crisis summit at the state level and an immediate hardship fund for tenants who cannot afford rising rents. In addition, the district assembly is intended to ask the landlords to conclude occupancy contracts and to do without rent increases.

The answers of the district politicians are disappointing. The urban development city council Cornelius Bechtler states that the number of apartments in the Pankow district has dropped out of social funding in recent years. In 2018 there were still around 5,300 apartments, currently only 830. The district council can only be advisable and refer to tenant advice centers and housing benefit offices.

The tenants are not satisfied with the statements by Bechtler. A young man asks applause whether the politicians do nothing or do nothing. The atmosphere in the hall is heated up when the meeting management asks visitors to refrain from comments. Another visitor calls: "So should we move out in silence?".

However, some political representatives show support for the tenants. The left-wing regional chairman Maximilian Schirmer explains that he is on the tenant side. The "Kiezkultur preserved" initiative is also behind the tenants and fights for a solidarity.

The tenants are forced to organize themselves so as not to be displaced. You will receive support from different sides and continue to fight for your rights.