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The association provides members free advice and cheaper out-of-court representation. Members often have a discount rental dispute insurance option. The association provides members free advice and cheaper out-of-court representation. Members often have a discount rental dispute insurance option.


Many tenants associations join regional associations and the ] German Tenants' Association (DMB). Over 300 local tenants associations are organized in the DMB.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mieterverein vor Ort |url=https://mieterbund.de/mieterverein-vor-ort/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Deutscher Mieterbund |language=de-DE}}</ref> The largest tenants' associations include Berlin (190,000 members),<ref>{{Cite web |last=behlau |date=2012-08-30 |title=Vereinsstruktur |url=https://www.berliner-mieterverein.de/wir-ueber-uns/vereinsstruktur.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Berliner Mieterverein e.V. |language=de}}</ref> Munich (63,000 members),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aufgaben & Ziele |url=https://www.mieterverein-muenchen.de/ueber-uns/aufgaben-ziele/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Mieterverein München e.V. |language=de}}</ref> and Hamburg (74,000 members).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-16 |title=Mitgliedschaft Mieterbund Beitritt |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316182405/https://www.mieterverein-hamburg.de/de/mitgliedschaft/mieterverein-zu-hamburg/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Many tenants associations join regional associations and the ] German Tenants' Association (DMB). Over 300 local tenants associations are organized in the DMB.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mieterverein vor Ort |url=https://mieterbund.de/mieterverein-vor-ort/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Deutscher Mieterbund |language=de-DE}}</ref> The largest tenants' associations include Berlin founded in 1888<ref>{{Cite web |title=We Want a Society Without Landlords |url=https://jacobin.com/2021/05/deutsche-wohnen-co-enteignen-berlin-landlord-expropriation-rent-cap-real-estate |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref> (190,000 members),<ref>{{Cite web |last=behlau |date=2012-08-30 |title=Vereinsstruktur |url=https://www.berliner-mieterverein.de/wir-ueber-uns/vereinsstruktur.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Berliner Mieterverein e.V. |language=de}}</ref> Munich (63,000 members),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aufgaben & Ziele |url=https://www.mieterverein-muenchen.de/ueber-uns/aufgaben-ziele/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Mieterverein München e.V. |language=de}}</ref> and Hamburg (74,000 members).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-16 |title=Mitgliedschaft Mieterbund Beitritt |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316182405/https://www.mieterverein-hamburg.de/de/mitgliedschaft/mieterverein-zu-hamburg/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>


State and federal associations represent the interest of tenants in the legislative process as a ], for example ]. Local tenants' associations can bring tenant interests to ] issues. They are opposed by landlords' associations joined in the Haus & Grund Deutschland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=X |date=2019-06-20 |title=Gentrification is changing Berlin. Officials are banning rent hikes for 5 years |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-germany-berlin-rent-increases-outlawed-20190620-story.html |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> State and federal associations represent the interest of tenants in the legislative process as a ], for example ]. Local tenants' associations can bring tenant interests to ] issues. They are opposed by landlords' associations joined in the Haus & Grund Deutschland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=X |date=2019-06-20 |title=Gentrification is changing Berlin. Officials are banning rent hikes for 5 years |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-germany-berlin-rent-increases-outlawed-20190620-story.html |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Tenant associations are associations of apartment tenants in Germany. They represent tenant interests in a locality like setting rent level. They provide information on tenancy law questions and perform consumer protection tasks.

The association provides members free advice and cheaper out-of-court representation. Members often have a discount rental dispute insurance option.

Many tenants associations join regional associations and the umbrella organization German Tenants' Association (DMB). Over 300 local tenants associations are organized in the DMB. The largest tenants' associations include Berlin founded in 1888 (190,000 members), Munich (63,000 members), and Hamburg (74,000 members).

State and federal associations represent the interest of tenants in the legislative process as a lobby group, for example Universal basic income in Germany. Local tenants' associations can bring tenant interests to urban development issues. They are opposed by landlords' associations joined in the Haus & Grund Deutschland.

There are also associations mostly in larger cities that offer legal advice to tenants but have not joined regional associations or participate in politics.

See also

References

  1. "Mieterverein vor Ort". Deutscher Mieterbund (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  2. "We Want a Society Without Landlords". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  3. behlau (2012-08-30). "Vereinsstruktur". Berliner Mieterverein e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  4. "Aufgaben & Ziele". Mieterverein München e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  5. "Mitgliedschaft Mieterbund Beitritt". web.archive.org. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  6. X (2019-06-20). "Gentrification is changing Berlin. Officials are banning rent hikes for 5 years". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
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