More than 2,360 apartments were evicted in Saxony last year. This is an increase of around 90 compared to 2023. The figures are based on statistics published by the Ministry of Justice in response to a question from the Left Party in the Bundestag and made available to the German Press Agency in Berlin. The statistics cover evictions from apartments and other premises.
In absolute figures, only North Rhine-Westphalia (10,118), Bavaria (2,979) and Lower Saxony (2,639) recorded more evictions. In relation to the number of inhabitants, Bremen (7.17), Saxony-Anhalt (6.16) and Berlin (6.15) lead the negative ranking of the federal states. Saxony is in fifth place with 5.86 evictions per 10,000 inhabitants.
Only in Brandenburg, Bremen, Hesse and Thuringia were the figures down slightly compared to 2023. A total of 32,000 apartments were evicted in Germany.
Left-wing politician: Rising numbers are a "social catastrophe"
The Left Party's rental and housing expert, Caren Lay, described the rising numbers as a "social catastrophe" and called for a "ban on forced evictions into homelessness". More social housing and improved protection against dismissal for tenants are needed. For people over 70, he said, there should even be a complete ban on evictions. Rent debts are the most common cause of people losing their homes. Nationwide, rents have risen by 50 percent in the past ten years.
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