Evictions in Germany

Schmid, Christoph U. and Nikolić, Sofija (2018) Evictions in Germany. In: Loss of Homes and Evictions across Europe A Comparative Legal and Policy Examination. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 113-140. ISBN 978-17-88116-99-2

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Abstract

Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states. Most of the legislative and administrative powers related to housing were transferred from the federation to the federal states in the 2007 constitutional reform. As to the tenure structure, more than half of the whole housing stock is rented (among which about 5 per cent is social rented housing), while owner-occupied housing represents only 42.3 per cent. Although the right to housing is not an individually enforceable right, persons threatened with eviction may resort to various protection mechanisms, and there are administrative precautions for the prevention of homelessness after an eviction. On the one hand, the court is obliged to inform the local social authority responsible for housing homeless people about the start of eviction proceedings. The same obligation falls on a bailiff before the execution of an eviction order. On the other hand, according to the police, security and regulatory laws of the federal states, municipalities have a duty to provide temporary accommodation for evicted people.

Item Type: Book Section
Institutional centre: Centre for legal research
Depositing User: Srđan Jurlina
Date Deposited: 20 Dec 2023 18:24
Last Modified: 20 Dec 2023 19:51
URI: http://iriss.idn.org.rs/id/eprint/2029

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