Some still live on their savings. Others no longer know what to do: Millions of tenants in Germany are finding it increasingly difficult to pay their rent in full and on time after a good eight months of short-time work and corona-related income losses, warns Jutta Hartmann, spokeswoman for the German Tenants' Association in Berlin. In the coming weeks, increasing numbers of rent defaults can be expected. What many tenants underestimate: Landlords are allowed to cancel if there is a monthly rent and a cent in arrears. The eviction action usually follows immediately. Affected people can do that.