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Looking for an apartment: Thanks to “fair tenants”, this family finally has a home

2021-06-21T20:16:43.658Z


For many people in the Munich district, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find an apartment. The Oberhachingen association “Fairmieten” helps them with this. Thanks to a social landlord, the Maslo family has now found a home.


For many people in the Munich district, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find an apartment.

The Oberhachingen association “Fairmieten” helps them with this.

Thanks to a social landlord, the Maslo family has now found a home.

Oberhaching

- It wasn't an easy start for the Maslo family in Germany.

Two and a half years ago she came to Munich from Kiev in the Ukraine.

The reason: Her older daughter Anna (6), then three years old, needed a kidney transplant.

"Our health system in Ukraine is not as good as it is here in Germany," says mother Ilona (32).

A foundation in Germany made the operation of little Anna possible.

After that, the family, which also includes daughter Katja (3) and father Oleksandre, wanted to go home again.

But it was difficult.

Complications kept coming up.

"We had to stay in Munich for the best health care for Anna," says mother Ilona.

Little offer and a small budget

The family applied for asylum for health reasons - and was allowed to stay.

Father Oleksandr (38) found work in a printing company.

However, the search for an apartment turned out to be difficult.

“We looked for so long,” says Ilona Maslo.

But the family's budget is not big, and the range of affordable housing is even smaller.

Sometimes they already doubted whether they could ever move out of the refugee accommodation in Garching.

Four people from Oberhachingen found an association

They owe the fact that they have now found a beautiful home to a landlord with a heart - and the “Fairmieten” association.

At the end of last year it was founded by the four Oberhaching members Nina Hartmann, who is also the third mayor, Sizar Haj Edress, Benno Gröniger and Susanne Kirchner.

The goal: As sub-tenants, people in the district who have little chance of finding a new home on the free housing market.

Nina Hartmann, who also works as an integration consultant for Caritas in the district, knows how desperately many people are looking.

She found out about the Maslos and their search from a colleague at Caritas who looked after the family.

"It was immediately clear to us that we absolutely had to help the family."

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Happy in the garden: Anna and Katja lived with their parents in the refugee shelter for more than two years.

© Robert Brouczek

Landlord likes the social aspect

Fortunately, the landlord Frank A., who would rather remain in the background and unrecognized, had contacted the club shortly before.

His concept had convinced him.

And because the tenant of his Munich apartment in Ramersdorf had just given notice to the Oberhachinger, he got in touch with Nina Hartmann.

“Of course it would have been easy to rent the apartment again straight away,” he says.

But the social aspect was important to him.

"The thought of helping someone who really needs it has convinced me." That is why he decided not to raise the rent.

The fact that the association is his point of contact makes things easier.

The chemistry was right immediately

“It was nice that I had a say in who gets the apartment,” says Frank A. “I wanted a family because there is a garden that the children can use and which has to be looked after.” The chemistry between him and the Maslo family immediately voted. The club took care of everything in the background. The four of them were allowed to move in in mid-May - and still can hardly believe their luck. “We are so infinitely grateful,” says mother Ilona. "We didn't even dare to dream of such an apartment."

On around 80 square meters, the girls now have their own room and a small garden in which they can play.

And finally there is also space so that the grandparents, who have not seen her in two and a half years, can come to visit.

School starts for Anna in September.

She is doing well - also thanks to the regular care she receives from the Munich doctors.

Sister Katja starts school.

The parents finally feel like they have arrived to build a new life for themselves.

The “fair tenants” from Oberhaching want to help even more people.

Two further leases have already been signed and negotiations are ongoing for two more.

This is how "fair renting" works

The Oberhachingen association "Fairmieten" aims to help people in the district who have little chance on the free housing market to find a new home. The principle behind it: the association acts as a sub-tenant and wants to encourage landlords to leave their apartments to families in need. The association rents the apartment and rents it to others - and thus also takes on risks such as a possible loss of rent. He also pays the security deposit and pays for any damage caused by the tenants. If the tenants move out again, the association will take care of a new tenant - if the landlord so wishes. Because he has the option of terminating the tenancy without having to observe the usual termination regulations:As a private charity organization, the association can, as a tenant, conclude a commercial lease with the owner.


For more information, you can contact the association by email (fairmieten.oberhaching@gmail.com) or by calling 089/83 99 93 42. The association is financed by an annual membership fee of 50 euros and donations. A guarantee can also help to bring people in need into an apartment.

Source: merkur

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