District office Neukölln exercises a right of first refusal for Haus Weichselstraße 52, city and country - a success for affordable housing in Berlin.

District office Neukölln exercises a right of first refusal for Haus Weichselstraße 52, city and country - a success for affordable housing in Berlin.

The district office Neukölln has exercised its right of first refusal for house Weichselstraße 52. The municipal housing association city and country is to take over the house with 21 apartments and two commercial units. The original buyer rejected the signing of a turnover agreement with the district, but can still submit it to the deadline.

The district office Neukölln has thus used the opportunity to exercise the right of first refusal since the Federal Administrative Court's judgment. The judgment has declared the previous practice of the right of pre -purchase rights illegally and limited the application to objects with grievances and vacancy. The district office Neukölln has developed a concept for exercising the right of first refusal in these so -called problem properties and was now able to implement it successfully.

The district councilor for urban development, environment and transport, Jochen Biedermann, is happy about the exercise of the right of first refusal and thanks the participating Senate administrations, the city and state and everyone involved. He particularly praised the committed employees in the urban development office, who were able to use the now existing scope.

Biedermann emphasizes the need for state intervention when apartment buildings change the owner and afford affordable housing in apartments with fixed -term rental contracts. He calls for a reform of tenancy law by the federal government and a strengthening of the right of first refusal for municipalities that not only applies to broken and empty houses.

according to a report by