Rent prices are skyrocketing with too few limitations. But there is a way to reduce exploitative rents.
Authorities can take action against rent exploitation today. If you are paying excessive rent, report it. The housing office must impose a fine on your landlord and reduce the rent. Our Rent Exploitation Calculator can help.
Our Rent Exploitation Calculator for Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, and Freiburg compares your rent to the local comparative rent. Find out if your rent is excessive and needs to be reduced. Because the calculation is complex, we only ask the most necessary information.
Rent exploitation combines two offenses.
If the local comparative rent is exceeded by at least 20%, it may be an administrative offense, with fines up to €50,000. If the comparative rent is exceeded by more than 50%, it may even be a criminal offense with harsher penalties, including prison sentences in extreme cases.
In both cases, rent can be reduced, and overpaid rent refunded.
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