Shock for Berliner: Rent rising until 2026 for 110,000 households!
Shock for Berliner: Rent rising until 2026 for 110,000 households!
In Berlin, numerous tenants face the challenge of increasing rental costs. When it comes to the state -owned housing associations, more than 110,000 households must expect higher payments by February 2026. This information comes from a response from the Senate Department for Urban Development to a request from the left-wing MP Niklas Schenker. Even before this message, various publications reported, including the "B.Z." and the "Tagesspiegel", about the upcoming rent increases.
The housing association city and country is particularly affected, in which around 12,650 apartments are affected by the price increase. Gewobag also plans to increase the rental costs for 3,192 units. The first increases are already planned for September 1, 2025, with more than 19,500 apartments. But a large number of other tenants could be affected, because the Howoge and WBM companies have so far not provided complete information.cooperation agreement allows rent increases
A decisive factor for rising rents is the cooperation agreement between the state -owned housing associations and the Senate, which allows you to increase up to 2.9 percent annually by the end of 2027. This regulation, which is also related to the general living space situation, was adopted as part of the new housing plan and applies from January 2024, after a rent stop in force by the end of 2023. The rent stop was decided on December 6, 2022 and is valid until the end of this year.
Finance senator Stefan Evers (CDU) emphasized that this agreement is a promise to affordability for the tenants. It is 40 percent below the statutory upper limit and 20 percent below the limits agreed in the alliance for housing and affordable rents. Despite this compromise solution, some experts criticized the measure. The Association of Berlin-Brandenburg's housing company (BBU) was skeptical and described the rental stop as economically explosive.
challenges in the housing industry
It is clear that with increasing inflation and tense construction costs - which has increased by 20 percent in the past few years - the housing industry faces major challenges. Senator Christian Gaebler (SPD) noted that there was a conflict of goals between the economic success of the companies and the tenants' claim to affordable housing. With over 358,000 managed apartments in Berlin, this conflict for the six state -owned housing associations, including DEGEWO, GEWOBAG, Howoge, Gesobau, Stadt and Land and the WBM, is always present.
In the coming years, more than 50,000 new apartments are planned, and all stocks should become climate -neutral by 2045. However, tenants should be particularly vigilant. The upcoming rent increases could become a financial burden for many. Therefore, it remains to be seen how the situation develops and what measures the city takes to relieve the housing market.
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