Save Lettenplatz! Survey starts for social preservation in the neighborhood

Save Lettenplatz! Survey starts for social preservation in the neighborhood

Reinickendorf, Deutschland - The district office Reinickendorf starts a comprehensive budget survey from July 2025, which focuses on the social conservation area "Lettenplatz". The aim of this measure is to secure the continued existence of the social conservation area and to examine neighboring residential areas for the social conservation regulations. The residents of the relevant investigation area are invited by post to participate in this survey. Participation is possible both by post and online using a single code.

The return of the completed questionnaires is possible until August 15, 2025. The questionnaires are available in German, English and Turkish. Anonymous evaluation of the survey is also carried out to ensure the data protection of the participants.

information event and support

On July 16, 2025 at 6:30 p.m., an information event will take place on July 16, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. There, district councilor Korinna Stephan (B'90/Greens) will present the survey and answer possible questions. Residents can also receive support when filling out the questionnaire.

The questions of the survey cover various aspects, including living conditions, rental amount, duration of the living, modernizations carried out and the use of infrastructure such as daycare centers, schools and shops. A central concern of the milieu protection ordinance is to prevent the displacement of residents from luxury moderation, conversion or the demolition of their residential areas. The aim is to preserve the diversity and social composition of the neighborhood.

milieu protection in Berlin

The milieu protection, which is used in Berlin in 33 milieu protection areas, affects over 400,000 inhabitants. The red-red-green coalition plans to expand this protection and to equip other areas with social conservation statutes. However, milieu protection does not protect individual tenants; Rather, it is geared towards the preservation of the social and demographic structure of the residents. Rent increases that are not related to structural measures are not captured by milieu protection, which restricts effectiveness in practice.

The legal framework that applies to the different districts also allow many measures that can lead to increases in rent. The protection zone is not affected by the energetic modernizations that are often expensive. The conversion ordinance, which would allow the conversion of rental apartments to its property, also have a limited term of a maximum of seven years. This often leads to uncertainties and questions among the residential population.

The social right of maintenance, part of the building law, aims to protect the composition of the resident population. This is done for urban planning reasons, since local infrastructure such as daycare centers and schools are often tailored to certain population groups. A displacement of these groups would not only endanger their well -being, but also the functionality of the infrastructure.

The district office Reinickendorf is available for questions about the budget survey; The contact person is Ms. Olszewski (Tel.: 030 90294-3059, email: agnieszka.olszewski@reinickendorf.berlin.de). Also the S.T.E.R.N. GmbH can answer questions (Ms. Köker, Tel.: 030 443636-41, email: koeker.wiebke@stern-berlin.de).

Further information can also be found in the comprehensive legal foundations for milieu protection, which bmgev.de. The topic is currently highly relevant because the protection of tenants and the preservation of the residential areas in the changing city landscape is increasingly becoming the focus.

In addition, [berlin.de] (https://www.berlin.de/ba-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/politik-und-verwaltung/aemter/stadtplanung/stadtplanung/gruppe-ehnungengeiete/arbeitsge-der-der-dernungsgebiete/szial-vergebiete-gänk The need to protect established population structures.