Rental shock in Germany: 17.5 million in home poverty!

Rental shock in Germany: 17.5 million in home poverty!

Exploding rents, overflowing bills and an incredible boom in housing costs! In Germany, an uncanny social crisis is bubbling that goes deeper than the most beautiful glow of the Großstadtkyline. According to a brand new study, more than 17.5 million Germans are affected by poverty as soon as they have deducted their rental and additional costs! This means that many households only spend more than a third, some even more than half of their income only for the apartment. The General Association Statistical Federal Office directed and found unadorned: Poverty is a whopping 5.4 million people worse than expected!

What a scandal: If you only look at income, you quickly overlook the swims of rents that spill through the apartments. If you define poverty than less than 60 percent of the median income, the poverty limit for living alone is 1,016 euros net per month. But many see the paper scribble of their pensions or salaries in the chimneys of the rental giants disappear before it can even find warmth in one wallet.

dramatic life stories

We have, for example, Ms. Schmidt in Berlin. For a long time now a pensioner, but far from quiet days. With 1,770 euros per month, it will soon be in the dark without light at the end of the month. Her barrier -free apartment in Lichtenberg swallows a whopping 900 euros warm rent like a hungry beast - and leaves her behind below the poverty line. Then there is the wreath ’in Hamburg, which squeezes together in a new 3-room apartment, only to find protection after your old landlord's own needs.

No other wind blows in the wild Leipzig student life. Mila Nguyen has 1,350 euros available, but her WG reconciliation list Knabbert 400 euros away from her money! In the end, she remains a tiny grant of 950 euros - and thus the feeling of crafts

particularly hard blows for the weakest

shocking, isn't it? Because the age groups under 25 and over 65 are on the shooting list of poverty. Young people such as students and seniors are torn from rental wolves - those affected the hardest affected people alone. The numbers are dizzying: 27.1 percent among the over 65 year olds, 31 percent among 18 to 25 year olds! The statistics are an indictment that no one may ignore.

The worst affects, however, like Source 2 reports, those who spend their retirement alone. The poverty rate here? A whopping 41.7 percent!

The geography of poverty is strongest in the shadow zones such as Bremen and Saxony-Anhalt, while Breisgau and Munich in Bavaria keep the dreams on the edge of what is possible. Now the parity overall association no longer demands from the federal government, but everything: housing construction has to become social and affordable, wages have to rise, and social security must not cook on the industrial flame!

A loud wake -up call in the middle of the concrete everyday life - the German living space could simply deteriorate if nobody acts!