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Berlin / Erfurt (dpa / th) - In Thuringia, more evictions of apartments and business premises were initiated in 2019 than in the previous three years.
As can be seen from a response from the Federal Ministry of Justice to a question from the Left Bundestag member Caren Lay, there were 1642 enforcement orders in the Free State last year.
That was 137 orders or nine percent more than in 2018.
According to the information, this was also the highest increase nationwide, followed by Saxony with 3.5 percent more orders and Brandenburg with an increase of almost two percent.
According to the Ministry of Justice, 49 208 enforcement orders were reported throughout Germany for 2019, slightly fewer than in 2018 and 2017. Not included are Schleswig-Holstein - where there are no figures yet - and Bavaria - where they are no longer collected.
In most federal states, the number of orders decreased compared to 2018.
It is not recorded whether bailiffs actually carried out the eviction orders.
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The housing policy spokeswoman for the Left parliamentary group Lay called for evictions to be prohibited in principle.
"The cruelty of being thrown out of the apartment becomes life-threatening in the Corona winter."
Not only is it cold, there is also far too little distance and protection against infections in collective accommodation.
For the time of the pandemic, the federal government must suspend evictions from apartments, she said.
Municipalities should make it easier for the homeless to use vacant hotels and apartments.
During the time of 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 had to make up for the payment later.
The regulation was in effect from April, but expired at the end of June.
Enforcement orders from 2015 to 2018 (page 39)