Gallina is fighting hidden rental costs: threatening up to 500 euros!

Gallina is fighting hidden rental costs: threatening up to 500 euros!

Hamburg, Deutschland - Hamburg's Senator for Justice Anna Gallina (Greens) is full of force against the inadmissible additional costs for tenants! In a courageous step, she wants to protect people who rent a new apartment from the dreaded contract execution fees. Tenants can often ask these fees with up to 500 euros- for things such as travel expenses at sightseeing dates or printing and copying costs. A real scandal!

hidden costs exposes!

The ordering principle has been in place for brokerage contracts since 2015, which means that only the person who has commissioned the broker has to pay. But what happens if there is no broker in the game? Landlords and property managers shamelessly take advantage of this gap and roll their costs onto the new tenants. "It is often legally unclear whether this is permissible," explains Gallina. Many tenants pay for fear of protracted legal disputes and because they are simply happy to have finally found an apartment. "We have to create legal clarity here," she demands vigorously.

Initiative at the Justice Ministers' Conference

Gallina plans to start a comprehensive initiative at the upcoming conference of the State of Justice in Berlin to remedy this grievance. Their goal is to strengthen the rights of the tenants and to protect them from unauthorized costs. The time of being delivered is over - the tenants in Hamburg can breathe a sigh of relief!