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In 2021, more than 29,000 apartments were evicted

2022-12-04T20:32:28.589Z


A statistic from the Ministry of Justice shows that forced evictions increased particularly in Bavaria last year, and in eastern Germany the Free State of Saxony is more rigorous than any other federal state.


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Last year, more than 29,000 apartments in Germany were evicted.

This is the result of statistics published by the Ministry of Justice in response to a question from the left in the Bundestag and available to the German Press Agency in Berlin.

The most evictions were in the most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with 8,656, followed by Bavaria (3,432), Saxony (2,667), Lower Saxony (2,285), Hesse (1,915), Baden-Württemberg (1,751), Berlin (1,668) and Saxony- Anhalt (1173).

Brandenburg (1104), Rhineland-Palatinate (960), Hamburg (921), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (873), Thuringia (855), Bremen (455) and Saarland (286) followed.

No data were available from Schleswig-Holstein.

In the previous year there were slightly more forced evictions from apartments, namely 30,731.

According to the information, a total of around 44,900 evictions from apartments and commercial premises were ordered in 2021, more than 51,000 the year before.

The Left Party's housing policy expert, Caren Lay, pointed out that contrary to the slightly declining overall trend, the number of forced evictions in Bavaria had risen significantly from the previous 2,867.

In terms of the number of inhabitants, the following also applies: "Saxony is the master eviction in East Germany." In the currently tight housing markets, being evicted from an apartment often means homelessness.

"One eviction is one too many," Lay said.

“If the federal government does not act, even more people will lose their apartments and homes.” Anyone who has just survived the corona pandemic financially should not be thrown out during the energy crisis.

The politician called for a “winter package for warm and safe living”.

Terminations due to payment difficulties must be excluded and evictions into homelessness prohibited.

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Source: spiegel

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