On 18 June 2025, the German Federal Cabinet adopted a draft law to accelerate residential construction and secure housing (Schneller bauen mit dem Wohnungsbau-Turbo | Bundesregierung) in order to implement the 100-day target...more
As of 6 May 2025 Germany has a new government. After intensive coalition negotiations, CDU/CSU and SPD agreed on a joint housing policy in their coalition agreement, combining and developing elements of both manifestos under...more
Over recent years, the repurposing of buildings has increased significantly in Germany. While there was previously a tendency to demolish buildings and replace them with a new building, it has now been recognized that...more
On April 1, 2020, an exemption from the landlord's termination right comes into force, which protects tenants against the loss of their apartment or commercial space in the event of late payment of the rent. However, this...more
1/29/2021
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Termination Rights
Tenants who cannot longer pay their rent due to the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic do not have to fear a termination of the lease agreement by their landlord due to late payment as per § 543 (2) clause 1 No. 3 of the German...more
With our blog post of December 14, 2020, we had already pointed out the corresponding legislative initiative. In record time, two new provisions on commercial leases (excluding residential leases) were subsequently adopted on...more