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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - The Left in Hamburg has called for a renewed suspension of evictions due to the corona lockdown.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in spring 2020, more than 600 Hamburg households have lost their apartments, the Linke announced on Saturday, citing responses from the Senate to several small inquiries.
Of the evictions, 109 were accounted for by the municipal housing company SAGA.
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 valid from April 2020 and expired at the end of June 2020.
The number of evictions fell in Hamburg last year compared to 2019.
According to the information, there were 977 evictions in 2020 after 1239 in the previous year.
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The social policy spokeswoman for the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament, Stephanie Rose, called for evictions to be suspended again in view of the ongoing pandemic and the current lockdown.
Many Hamburgers would have lost income in the lockdown, but their rent was still high.
The Senate must use its direct influence on the urban housing company and suspend any evictions, she demanded.
For many people eviction is the beginning of homelessness or homelessness.
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