On March 25, 2021, the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court declared the Law on Rent Restrictions in the Housing Sector in Berlin (MietenWoG Bln) to be incompatible with the German Constitution and therefore null...more
4/16/2021
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Tenants who cannot longer pay their rent due to the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic do not have to fear a termination of the lease agreement by their landlord due to late payment as per § 543 (2) clause 1 No. 3 of the German...more