Germany News: Minister Wants to Help Renters to Install AC
Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig says tenancy law could be changed so renters can add cooling measures without landlord approval.
- On Wednesday, Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig announced plans to amend Germany's tenancy laws, allowing renters to install air conditioning units without automatic landlord refusal.
- Successive heat waves reaching 40 degrees Celsius have swept Germany this summer, claiming thousands of lives and exposing a critical vulnerability: 52.8 percent of Germans rent, yet fewer than one in five homes have AC.
- The German Tenants' Association president Melanie Weber-Moritz told the Rheinische Post 'Heat protection is health protection and must finally be anchored in tenancy law,' while a YouGov survey showed 68 percent of conservative voters support heat protection initiatives.
- Hubig and Environment Minister Carsten Schneider are pushing to enshrine climate adaptation as a shared federal-state responsibility in Germany's Basic Law, which Hubig said would 'make it easier for the federal government to provide long-term support to states and municipalities.'
- Members of the CDU and CSU have expressed skepticism about the constitutional amendment, citing cost concerns, though a YouGov survey found nearly two-thirds of Germans support expanded heat protection investment and federal climate action.
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Mittelstand CafeRhein-Neckar-Zeitung [Newsroom]Heidelberg (ots) - The last weeks have shown: Germany is poorly prepared for earth heating - especially our cities and therefore our apartments. While politics looked silently towards the sky, this summer ... Read more here...Original content of: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, transmitted by news currently
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Tenants should decide independently whether they want an air conditioning system in their apartment. For this, Minister of Justice wants to change the law.
Minister of Justice proposes to remove legal barriers. Tenants could then take care of their own better protection from heat.
How can legal policy contribute to heat protection? Federal Justice Minister Hubig has an idea.
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