Overview
- Lead candidate Elif Eralp called for an immediate moratorium on evictions for rent debts, at least in municipally owned housing and focused on the cold months.
- Berlin recorded 2,211 forced evictions last year, while more than 7,500 eviction lawsuits were filed in 2024, with roughly one in three cases ending in an eviction.
- Die Linke wants a reinstated model that requires at‑door delivery of eviction complaints to reach vulnerable tenants and connect them to debt and tenant counseling.
- Eralp criticized the current black‑red senate for not implementing the personal‑delivery project proposed under the previous government and pressed for rapid action.
- New figures for municipal companies show terminations and executed evictions rose year over year (4,805 vs. 4,399 terminations; 541 vs. 479 evictions), which a senate report suggests may relate to the 2023 end of a prior moratorium.