Around 50 tenants have to vacate their apartments at Frankfurter Straße Am Hauptbahnhof 5. The city has expressed massive criticism of the owner’s actions.
Around 50 tenants in a house on Am Hauptbahnhof 5 in Frankfurt have to vacate their apartment. The city of Frankfurt announced that a corresponding ultimatum according to the landlord’s ideas should expire on Thursday at 10 a.m. There has been criticism from the head of the planning department, Marcus Gwechenberger (SPD), who condemns the homeowner’s actions and the intended displacement of the tenants. Gwechenberger wants to work to ensure that affordable housing is preserved there in the long term.
For example, the planning department refers to the current development plan, which stipulates that 60 percent of the area is used for living space. “The owners have been informed that these requirements must be adhered to. The construction of a boarding house after demolition, as specified in the termination letter, is definitely not subject to approval,” said Gwechenberger.
The fact that the owner of the house is still sticking to the tenants’ notices of termination is unacceptable to the head of the planning department. He will continue to work to ensure that the tenants can stay there. They want to provide people with all the central information and show them legal protection options. “It is important not to leave people alone in this precarious situation,” says Gwechenberger.
Lawyers from the Tenant Protection Office question the legal validity of the notices of termination that the tenants of the building received at the beginning of the year. “No one has to comply with the current eviction request. Tenants are only obliged to give up the apartment if the landlord can present a valid eviction certificate,” says Kai Schönach, head of the tenant protection department.
In order to obtain an eviction order, the landlord must first file an eviction lawsuit and initiate legal proceedings. “In this procedure, the court examines the effectiveness of the termination or whether the tenant’s special need for protection prevents an eviction,” says Schönach.
The owner of the property had previously stated in the termination letter that he wanted to have the house demolished due to lack of profitability and wanted to build a boarding house on the same site. The building inspectorate still has neither a consultation request nor a building application. The Tenant Protection Office has already informed affected households. If the landlord files an eviction lawsuit in court in the next step, the Tenant Protection Office will provide all tenants with further advice.
