Forced apartment in Berlin: Suicide triggers police operation

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Forced evacuations in Berlin: An extreme situation with tragic consequences A 62-year-old man committed suicide in Berlin-Spandau when the bailiff came to vacate his apartment. This case attracts attention because he resulted in a police operation with 150 officials. The incident became the message and was mentioned in the evening news. According to media reports, over 29,000 apartments in Germany were forced in 2021 alone, including 1668 in Berlin. This means that more than four times a bailiff gives access to an apartment every day in Berlin. The evacuation usually takes place at the end of a long fight on both sides. ...
Forced evacuations in Berlin: An extreme situation with tragic consequences A 62-year-old man committed suicide in Berlin-Spandau when the bailiff came to vacate his apartment. This case attracts attention because he resulted in a police operation with 150 officials. The incident became the message and was mentioned in the evening news. According to media reports, over 29,000 apartments in Germany were forced in 2021 alone, including 1668 in Berlin. This means that more than four times a bailiff gives access to an apartment every day in Berlin. The evacuation usually takes place at the end of a long fight on both sides. ... (Symbolbild/MB)

forced eviction in Berlin: an extreme situation with tragic consequences

A 62-year-old man committed suicide in Berlin-Spandau when the bailiff came to vacate his apartment. This case attracts attention because he resulted in a police operation with 150 officials. The incident became the message and was mentioned in the evening news.

According to media reports, over 29,000 apartments in Germany were inevitably cleared in 2021 alone, including 1668 in Berlin. This means that more than four times a bailiff gives access to an apartment every day in Berlin. The evacuation usually takes place at the end of a long fight on both sides. However, it is interesting to mention that only about half of the 16,000 evacuations ordered annually are actually carried out.

The alliance "Prevent evacuation" is committed to the rights of those affected and offers advisory services, recommends lawyers and occasionally tries to convey between tenants and the landlord. The alliance's spokesman reports about 20 evacuation per day in Berlin. He emphasizes that the people who turn to the alliance are in an extreme situation.

living is a human right that is recorded in the UN social pact. In Germany, the welfare state should support people who cannot pay their rent. However, the social welfare offers are not always sufficient to cope with the situation. Some people are unable to apply for social assistance, others do not have enough money to pay the rent. Both mental and financial problems can lead to rental residues and ultimately to evacuate forced.

Another reason for evacuations are in -house termination. More and more individual apartments are being sold instead of entire houses. This enables the owners to maximize their profits through mass termination of their own needs. The alliance spokesman demand that politics do not grant demolition permits for the construction of expensive real estate and that the laws are applied against vacancy.

Sebastian Schlüsselburg from the DIE LINKE party suggests implementing the model project for the personal delivery of eviction lawsuits. The goal is to address tenants in an extreme situation and show them where to get help to avert the eviction action.

Tragically, suicides are repeatedly recorded due to evacuation. The people who are in a forced evacuation situation often have the feeling that you don't see any way out. They usually live a quiet life and suddenly find themselves in an extreme situation.

If you are in a hopeless situation and fight with suicidal thoughts, you can contact various advisory and pastoral care offers anonymously. Telephone pastoral care can be reached around the clock under the numbers 0800 - 111 0 111 or 0800 - 111 0 222. A conversation via chat is also possible. The children's and youth telephone of the association "Number against Kummer" can be reached on 116 111 or 0800- 111 0 333 from Monday to Saturday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Muslim pastoral telephone Mutes can be reached around the clock at 030-44 35 09 821. You can find an overview of all telephone, regional, online and mail consulting services in Germany on suicide-prophylaxis.de.

It is important that the problem of forced evacuation is discussed in public and that the focus is on solutions in order to avoid such tragic situations in the future.