Federal Justice Minister Buschmann (FDP) has given up his opposition to the extension of the rent cap. An association sharply criticizes the project.
The rent cap, which has been in effect since 2015, would have expired at the end of next year. The agreement is both “an extremely important signal” to tenants and a “declaration of war on overpriced rents,” says deputy SPD parliamentary group leader Verena Hubertz. The German Tenants' Association (DMB), for example, welcomed the "overdue" agreement on its extension - but also emphasized that the rent control still has "numerous exceptions and loopholes" that "urgently need to be closed as part of the extension," explained the president of the DMB, Lukas Siebenkotten, in a press release on Wednesday. However, Haus & Grund owners' Association President Kai Warnecke announced on Thursday that the planned rent cap is met with strong resistance from owners.