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Hanover / Bremen (dpa / lni) - In Lower Saxony and Bremen, fewer evictions from apartments and business premises were initiated in 2019 than in previous years.
This emerges from a response from the Federal Ministry of Justice to a question from the Left Bundestag member Caren Lay.
In Lower Saxony there were 4161 enforcement orders and thus around 4.8 percent fewer than in 2018 (4371).
The number for Bremen even fell by around 10.9 percent from 874 to 779.
For the time of the pandemic, the federal government must generally suspend evictions from apartments, demanded the housing policy spokeswoman for the left-wing group.
"The cruelty of being thrown out of the apartment becomes life threatening in the Corona winter," said Lay.
Not only is it cold, there is also far too little distance and protection from Covid-19 in collective accommodation.
Municipalities should make it easier for the homeless to use vacant hotels and apartments.
During the first Corona restrictions in spring, tenants could not be terminated if they were unable to pay their rent due to the pandemic.
However, they must make up for the payment by June 2022.
The regulation was in effect from April, but expired at the end of June.
An eviction can only be enforced if the tenant does not leave the apartment despite effective termination and the landlord obtains an eviction title with an eviction action.
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The Lower Saxony-Bremen tenants' association fears that the effects of the corona crisis will only become visible later.
"We believe that we are pushing a wave in front of us," said Union lawyer Reinold von Thadden.
He reckons that some tenants will get into trouble because their reserves will run out at some point.
So far, however - like the course of the pandemic - it has been very difficult to predict.
According to the Ministry of Justice, 49 208 enforcement orders were reported in Germany for 2019.
Not included are Schleswig-Holstein - where there are no figures yet - and Bavaria - where they are no longer collected.
When collecting data, no distinction is made as to whether eviction orders relate to apartments or business premises.
It is also not recorded whether bailiffs actually carry out the eviction orders.