Rostock tenants in need: heating costs explode from 2025!

Rostock tenants in need: heating costs explode from 2025!

In Rostock, many tenants face a financial burden: the warm rates are increasing drastically, and this has a direct impact on the wallet of those affected. Gabriele Schilling, a 67-year-old pensioner, will be faced with an increase of "25 euros per month" from 2025. Your landlord, the WG Union Rostock, justifies this price adjustment with the risen district heating prices. Around 55,000 apartments in Rostock are affected, with a 70-square-meter apartment costs around 1,057 euros for district heating in the coming year-that is 434 euros more than 2022, as the Ostsee newspaper reports.

rising district heating prices as the cause

Numerous tenants find the Situation stressful. In order to explain the increasing costs, the tenant association Rostock points out that the expenses for the expansion of district heating in the city are also becoming the responsibility of the tenants. According to Thomas Czech from the tenant association, complaints about the increased heating costs have long been in circulation. These are particularly in the price increases for district heating and natural gas, which are passed on to consumers due to the increased gas price. According to Czech, the good news remains that the natural gas prices could fall again.

The district heating supply in Rostock is carried out by the heating power plant in Marienhe, which generates heat and electricity efficiently and environmentally friendly. This heat is delivered directly into the house via pipelines and arrives there as heating water, as the information from SWR AG illustrates. However, critics fear that a relocation of costs to consumers will not be sustainable, especially if many tenants are unable to drastically change their heating behavior without taking up health risks through mold formation.