There is no large scale residential projects that do not impact the local area, and where good arguments can be made against them. So we get the classic NIMBY loop and nothing gets buit. Yes character of local area is always changing. Thats ok, that is life.
The reason the landlords SHOULD have to enter their details into such a registry is the same reason it will presumably never make it into the law - because it would absolutely help tenants who are attempting to hold their landlords to legal and financial consequences for their actions. In attempting to sue my current landlord I investigated their ownership structure and discovered a web of shell companies all linked through managing directors and actual physical addresses. The only reason for these businesses to be set up that way is precisely to make it harder to hold them accountable and liable. Berlin renters allegedly have a high level of legal protection, but as anyone who has attempted to actually hold their landlords accountable to what they are lgally required to provide knows, all of the burden is on the renter and this includes even figuring out which party is responsible for the property.
First, that thing with your landlord sounds like a horrible nightmare. I wish you all the luck with that. Hopefully, you're a member of a Mieterschutzbund and can get easy access to legal help. If not, then I can't recommend it enough.
And your story about the shell companies reminds me of the RBB article on the delivery drivers. One driver was trying to just get paid and followed the shell companies to some dude in Poland who was named as the CEO. When RBB reached out to the "CEO", he had no idea that he was CEO of anything.
There is no large scale residential projects that do not impact the local area, and where good arguments can be made against them. So we get the classic NIMBY loop and nothing gets buit. Yes character of local area is always changing. Thats ok, that is life.
The reason the landlords SHOULD have to enter their details into such a registry is the same reason it will presumably never make it into the law - because it would absolutely help tenants who are attempting to hold their landlords to legal and financial consequences for their actions. In attempting to sue my current landlord I investigated their ownership structure and discovered a web of shell companies all linked through managing directors and actual physical addresses. The only reason for these businesses to be set up that way is precisely to make it harder to hold them accountable and liable. Berlin renters allegedly have a high level of legal protection, but as anyone who has attempted to actually hold their landlords accountable to what they are lgally required to provide knows, all of the burden is on the renter and this includes even figuring out which party is responsible for the property.
First, that thing with your landlord sounds like a horrible nightmare. I wish you all the luck with that. Hopefully, you're a member of a Mieterschutzbund and can get easy access to legal help. If not, then I can't recommend it enough.
And your story about the shell companies reminds me of the RBB article on the delivery drivers. One driver was trying to just get paid and followed the shell companies to some dude in Poland who was named as the CEO. When RBB reached out to the "CEO", he had no idea that he was CEO of anything.
a German administration instrumentalizing the fight against anti-semitism, while violently cracking down on pro-Palestinian protests, how suprising...