Tenants in Gröpelingen demand immediate solutions for grievances!

Tenants in Gröpelingen demand immediate solutions for grievances!

Gröpelingen, Deutschland - In Bremen, the tenants of LEG Immobilien AG are under the increasing pressure of unreasonable living conditions. At a tenant consultation on Wednesday in the district meeting on Rostocker Straße, 20 to 30 tenants gathered, who protested loudly against the defective care by the landlord. The Miets initiative, which is committed to the rights of tenants, primarily criticized the slow processing of damage reports and the missing caretaker on site. The increasing fleasting of the common areas is particularly worrying. Something seems to be going wrong when the residents are forced to point out such drastic problems.

The rent spokeswoman Leonie Reiners accused the leg to allow the tenants to neglect the tenants. Your allegations range from weeks of waiting times for repairs to catastrophic staircase cleaning. Despite already expressed claims and a new letter to the LEG, reactions failed to materialize. "This is a real certificate of poverty," Reiners commented on the situation. The LEG had consulted the police for the tenant consultation, which was perceived by many present as intimidation, a tactic that should be considered in the context of the latest massive complaints.

tenants request U -turn

not only in Bremen, but also in cities such as Gelsenkirchen, the complaints about LEG's business practices have become loud. The tenant organizations are calling for a turnaround at the housing company, which in the past often got into the headlines due to above -average, legally controversial rent increases. According to the tenantsbund-nrw.de, LEG has only invested around eight euros per square meter in the maintenance in recent years-an amount that remains far behind the requirements. This is reflected in the experiences of the tenants, who are increasingly difficult to reach the landlord at all.

The German Tenants' Association has already found clear words and demands that rent increases may no longer be justified with comparable apartments from their own stock. Tenants report long queues of repairs and difficulties to receive a clear answer if questions about additional costs. The LEG, which was able to win an operational profit of 30.2 percent in 2016, seems to give the pressure of rent increases a higher weight than the satisfaction of the tenants. "We need a social and sustainable business policy that focuses on people," confirms a spokesman for the tenant organizations.

Legal challenges in rent increases

The legal framework for rent increases are clearly regulated in the Civil Code. Tariff increases and modernization measures must be well documented and transparently communicated in order not to be contestable. Information on these regulations can be found on the website of Kanzlei-herfurtner.de. Especially in the case of complaints about inappropriate rent increases, landlords must give specific reasons that can be traced. The compliance with these regulations is not only a legal but also a moral obligation towards the tenants.

With the latest tenant initiative and the repeated demands for the LEG, it is to be hoped that the concerns of the residents will finally be taken seriously. A call to regular, hygienic staircase cleaning and an effective plan for struggle for waste are only the beginning. According to its own statements, LEG has already assured the processing of these concerns, but words without acts quickly become empty promises. The tenants in Bremen are full and are increasingly demanding for tangible solutions.