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.
Rent debt: termination without notice? How to prevent the Corona eviction
2020-12-21T14:45:48.161Z
Even if money is running out due to the Corona, tenants still have to pay the full rent on time. A second moratorium on dismissals is not in sight. WELT explains how the existential threat can still be averted.
Source: welt