“Good morning! I’m looking for an apartment in Ottensen! Living alone, preferably 3 to 4 rooms!” With this harmless Facebook post, a man caused the users’ emotions to boil over – and received a lot of criticism: “3-4 rooms alone?!? In Ottensen?!! How bold is that.” MOPO explains the housing issue – and what an expert from the tenants’ association says about it.
It’s a friendly request on Facebook: A man is asking a neighborhood group for information about a free apartment in Ottensen. But it triggers strong criticism from many users. The stumbling block: The man is looking for three to four rooms as a single person – in the middle of the popular Ottensen district.
“How bold is that? “Look in Poppenbüttel or Pinneberg, where you can live it up, alone,” writes someone. Or: “I also think it’s a cheek. A lot of people are desperately looking for housing. And a person wants 3 to 4 rooms for themselves? … I really hope that your wish remains unfulfilled.”
A mother criticizes: “My daughter, my dog and I would also like to have more than our two rooms. 3-4 alone????? Phew… I’m at a loss for words.” Others jump to the side of the searcher, there is talk of “envy” and “jealousy.” And: “The verbal gaffes written here are frightening.”
Ottensen: Man triggers strong criticism when looking for an apartment
But what does an expert say about the dispute over the coveted living space? “The man has to earn above average in order to be able to afford the rent in Ottensen on the free housing market. The price for 100 square meters there is barely under 2,000 euros,” says Marc Meyer (63), lawyer at the “Tenants Help Tenants” association. “But if he can pay that, he unfortunately has better chances with most landlords than a family with children. From the landlord’s perspective, a single person wears out the apartment much less. He may also have fewer arguments with the neighbors because he makes less noise than a family of four. Such conflicts are annoying for most landlords.”
Marc Meyer (63), lawyer at the “Tenants Help Tenants” association
Marc Meyer (63), lawyer at the “Tenants Help Tenants” association
Personally, Marc Meyer has a different “moral compass”: “As long as apartments are such a rare commodity, I’m on the side of the families,” he says. “I don’t want to start a debate about envy, but it is more important for families to have short distances and good infrastructure on their doorstep.”
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However, for most families of four with an average full and part-time salary, such an apartment in Ottensen is not affordable at all. “We have long been calling for an effective limit on new rental prices and a radical reduction in the possibility of rent increases for existing tenancies,” said Meyer. His association assumes that there are around 100,000 affordable apartments that are currently missing in Hamburg.
2024-03-04 06:29:53
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