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                                    THE
                                    BERLIN RENT CAP

                          Main Provisions and Practical Tips
                          1   Rent freeze or limitation of         4   Regulations in case of
                              rent increases for existing leases       landlord’s hardship
                          2   Rent caps when re-letting            5   Subsidies for tenants in case of
                                                                       landlord’s hardship
                          3   Reducing an excess rent
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THE BERLIN RENT CAP - Main Provisions and Practical Tips - Berliner Mieterverein eV
THE BERLIN RENT CAP
MAIN PROVISIONS AND PRACTICAL TIPS

On 23 February 2020 the law entitled “Gesetz zur Neuregelung               Rent Freeze and Limitation of Rent Increases re-
gesetzlicher Vorschriften zur Mietenbegrenzung“ [Law on the Re-            garding Existing Leases
vision of Legal Provisions regarding Rent Limitation] published in
                                                                           1.1 Rent Cap – until 31 December 2021 no higher rent as the one
the Law Gazette of Berlin 2020, page 50 – briefly called the “Rent
                                                                           effectively agreed on the effective date 18 June 2019
Freeze“ – came into effect after it had been passed end of January
                                                                           With the entry into force of the law the rents are principally frozen.
by the Berlin House of Representatives. It represents a law of the
                                                                           Basis for the rent freeze is the so-called net rent effectively agreed on
federal state of Berlin creating rent limitations based on its federal
                                                                           18 June 2019. This effective date on which the Berlin Senate Ad-
authority for housing. It prohibits exceeding of these caps and in-
                                                                           ministration passed its resolution on the rent cap’s basic points was
cludes fines for breach of this law. The law is effective for a period
                                                                           chosen to prevent expected rent increases as soon as the rent caps
of five years. Civil-law agreements between tenant and landlord
                                                                           are announced. Upon the tenant’s request a landlord must inform
thus are no longer valid if they go beyond the rent caps defined by
                                                                           him/her at any time of the rent agreed or owed on the effective date.
public law of the federal state of Berlin.
                                                                           “Normal“ rent increases of the net rent referring to existing leases are
The rent freeze law consists of four sections:                             thus excluded up until 31 December 2021 regarding all leases of
•       rent freeze or limitation of rent increases (1.1 – 1.3)            privately financed residential accommodations. This rent freeze also
•       rent limitation after modernisation (1.4)                          applies to stepped rent and index rent leases. There is, however, an
•       rent limitation when re-letting – conclusion of a new lease (2.)   exception in case of modernisations which is explained in subsection
                                                                           1.4. Refer to tips 1,3 & 5.
•       reduction of high rents (3.)
Exceptions to these new rent caps may apply if the limitation consti-      1.2 Rent Increases between the Effective Date and the Entry into
tutes a hardship for the landlord (4). This, however, may also entitle     Force of the Law
the tenant to receive a rent subsidy (5).                                  A rent increase agreed upon after the effective date is not effective
                                                                           for future periods – i.e. up until expiry of the rent freeze law. From
Note:                                                                      the date of entry into force of the law only the rent agreed on 18
The rent freeze law does not apply to publicly funded residential          June 2019 – i.e. before the rent increase - is owed.
accommodations (social housing) and not to flats repaired or mod-          If it is possible to reclaim the amounts of a rent increased and paid
ernized with public funds and which are subject to rent control. In        in the period between the effective date and the law’s entry into
addition, the law does not apply to new buildings which became             force cannot be answered for sure. This question must be resolved
ready for occupancy for the first time on or after 1 January 2014          by the courts. Refer to tip 2.
and not to former living space permanently uninhabitable or vacant
                                                                           1.3 Increase of the Effective Date Rent starting January 2022
which was restored for residential purposes with expenses corre-
                                                                           From January 2022 on, rent increases of up to 1.3% of the
sponding to newly built space. The law also excludes residential
                                                                           net rent agreed on the effective date are permitted based on
units in dormitories and living space held by publicly recognized
                                                                           a random sample taken by the Federal Statistics Office on
welfare institutions.
                                                                           31 December of the previous year. The ultimately admissible
                                                                           percentage will be determined by a legislative decree of the com-
                                                                           petent Senate Administration. The currently applicable civil-law
                                                                           prerequisites for increasing rents must however still be reviewed.
    DEFINITIONS:                                                           Refer to tip 3.

    •     The term “rent” means the net rent ex-                           1.4 Rent Caps in case of Rent Increases after Modernisation
          cluding any operating and heating costs                          The new rent freeze law also limits rent increase possibilities after
          (“Nettokaltmiete”) but including for exam-                       a modernisation. The according construction measures are firstly
          ple surcharges for furniture and fixtures.                       limited to an energetic improvement of the building, eliminating
                                                                           barriers and facilitating access to the flat and secondly by capping
    •     The “effective date rent” is the rent effec-                     the rent increase to a maximum of 1€/m2 per month. In the future,
          tively agreed on 18 June 2019.                                   modernisation costs can therefore only entail a rent increase in Ber-
                                                                           lin if the modernisation
    •     Rent caps are the rental amounts listed in
                                                                           • is mandatory by law (e.g. the installation of smoke alarms or
          the table(s) of the rent freeze law (includ-
                                                                                  replacement of a heating system that is older than 30 years)
          ing surcharges and deductions).
                                                                           • constitutes thermal insulation of the building envelope, the
                                                                                  basement ceiling or the top floor or roof,
                                                                           • includes the replacement of the heating system and at the
                                                                                  same time optimises the same or
                                                                           • eliminates barriers (by removing thresholds, widening doors or
                                                                                  remodelling bathrooms).

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THE BERLIN RENT CAP - Main Provisions and Practical Tips - Berliner Mieterverein eV
If the modernisation represents one of the above mentioned con-              In buildings with one or two flats the rent cap shown in the table
struction measures, the landlord is entitled to increase the rent of         (without modernisation) can be ten percent higher. Every two years
existing leases and new leases (re-letting) provided that the effective      after the law’s entry into force the Senate Administration of Urban
date rent does not exceed the rent caps. In these cases the landlord         Development and Housing must adjust the rent caps to the accord-
can increase the rent by up to one euro per square meter per month           ing real wage development.
above the rent owed on 18 June 2019. Here again, the previously              Rent increases even after modernisation requires further review of
applicable civil-law prerequisites must be reviewed.                         the previous civil-law prerequisites – as e.g. the requirements to be
As regards re-letting after the law’s entry into force the following         met in the rent increase letter. If e.g. a financial hardship exists when
regulations apply: If the vacant living space was modernized pur-            the monthly rent is increased by one euro per square meter, this
suant to the above conditions between the effective date and the             may have an effect on the rent increase.
conclusion of the lease, the rent caps can be exceeded as shown in           Refer to tip 1.
the table (see below) by up to 1 €/m2 monthly. In case of a modern
outfit (see box) the rent can be exceeded by an additional 1€/m2
of the initial value listed in the table. This optional rent increase is
also permitted if the modernisation measures took place after the
date of re-letting. In these cases the rent caps below apply when
re-letting and modernising the flat:

 Table 1: Every two years maximum net rent after modernisation and without modernisation for flats
 with central heating and bathroom:

 Year of completion                                       up to         1919-         1950-        1965-          1973-       1991-          2003-
                                                          1918          1949          1964         1972           1990        2002           2013
                             without                       6,45            6,27       6,08          5,95          6,04        8,13           9,80
                             modernisation
                             after
 rent in €/m2/                                             7,45            7,27        7,08         6,95          7,04        9,13           10,80
                             modernisation
 per month
                             after modernisation           8,45            8,27       8,08          7,95          8,04        10,13          11,80
                             with modern outfit*

 Table 2: Maximum net rent after modernisation
                                                                                                  for flats with no central heating
 for flats with central heating or with bathroom:
                                                                                                  and no bathroom
                                                          up to         1919-         1950-
 Year of completion                                                                                    up to 1918                1919 - 1949
                                                          1918          1949          1964

                             without                       5,00            5,22       5,62                 3,92                       4,59
                             modernisation

                             after
 rent in €/m2/                                             6,00            6,22       6,62                 4,92                       5,59
                             modernisation
 per month

                             after modernisation           7,00            7,22        7,62                5,92                       6,59
                             with modern outfit*

  *MODERN OUTFIT:
  A flat with modern outfit is considered as such if at least three of the following features exist:
  1.   passenger elevator accessible without threshold from the flat and from the house entrance
  2.   fitted kitchen
  3.   high-quality sanitary appliances
  4.   high-quality flooring in the majority of the living spaces
  5.   energy consumption level of less than 120 kWh/(m²a).

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Rent Limitation when Re-letting
(concluding a new lease)
When concluding a new lease in an already existing residential
building (re-letting) the net rent may not initially exceed the effective
date rent, i.e. the rent agreed on 18 June 2019 with the former
tenant of the flat. Where this effective date rent is higher than the
rent cap amount shown in table 3 or 4, then however the maximum
rent listed in the tables is the admissible rent which can be agreed
when re-letting the flat. It is permitted to add to these basic amounts
the surcharges for modernisation and modern outfit (see box). Wit-
hout being asked by the future tenant before concluding a lease,
the landlord must inform him/her of the rent of the previous tenant
living in that same flat on 18 June 2019. If the flat was vacant at
that time, the basis is the rent paid by the last tenant of the flat prior
to the effective date. Refer to tips 1,4 & 5.
There is an exception for low rents: If the previous rent was less than
5.02 euro per square meter monthly and the flat has a modern
outfit (see box / only two features must however exist), the rent can

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be increased when re-letting by one euro per square meter but
maximally to 5.02 euro per square meter per month.
In buildings with maximally two flats the rent cap specified in the ta-
ble (without modernisation) can be increased by ten percent. Every
two years after the law’s entry into force the Senate Administration
of Urban Development and Housing must adjust the rent caps to
the according real wage development.

 Table 3: Maximum net rent when re-letting flats with central heating and with bathroom:

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                                                            up to        1919 -      1950 -   1965 -         1973 -   1991 -      2003 -
 Year of completion                                         1918         1949        1964      1972          1990     2002         2013
                              without                       6,45             6,27     6,08     5,95           6,04    8,13            9,80
                              modernisation

                              after modernisation
 rent in €/m2/                or with modern                7,45             7,27     7,08     6,95           7,04    9,13            10,80
 per month                    outfit*

                              after modernisation           8,45             8,27     8,08     7,95           8,04    10,13           11,80
                              with modern outfit*

 Table 4: Maximum net rent when re-letting flats
                                                                                              flats with no central heating
 flats with central heating or with bathroom
                                                                                              and with no bathroom
                                                            up to        1919 -      1950 -           up to
 Year of completion                                                                                                     1919 - 1949
                                                            1918         1949        1964             1918

                              without                       5,00             5,22     5,62            3,92                     4,59
                              modernisation

                              after modernisation
 rent in €/m2/                or with modern                6,00             6,22     6,62            4,92                     5,59
 per month                    outfit*

                              after modernisation
                                                            7,00             7,22     7,62            5,92                     6,59
                              with modern outfit*

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Reducing an Excess Rent                                                  Implementing Rent Reductions
Reducing excess rents is possible at the earliest nine months after      Landlords must lower the rent to the rent cap levels shown in table
the law’s entry into force, i.e. starting 23 November 2020.              5 and 6 – otherwise they can be fined. If the landlords do not act
A rent is defined as excessive if – considering the quality of the       and do not lower the rent, then tenants should take action. No no-
residential area – the admissible rent caps (plus equipment or mo-       tification of the Senate Administration of Urban Development and
dernisation additions) are exceeded by more than twenty percent.         Housing is necessary but such a letter may be useful. Since the
Entitlement to a reduction therefore also depends on the quality of      Senate Administration can take all measures to enforce the demand
the residential area. The rents listed in table 5 and table 6 demon-     for reduction, this authority should be involved in case the land-
strate the effects due to the quality of the residential areas: Simp-    lord refuses to lower the rent. The Senate Administration can then
le residential locations carry a subtraction of 0.28 euros, medium       issue an administrative act or provide according information. Both
quality locations a subtraction of 0.09 euros and good residential       can be helpful in case of civil-law proceedings initiated against the
locations an addition of 0.74 euros/m2 monthly and an addition of        landlord. Should the Senate Administration issue a law-shaping ad-
twenty percent. For rents below the net rents shown in the tables 5      ministrative act (which is in its discretion), the rent would be lowered
and 6 no reduction is possible. Refer to tips 1 & 6.                     at the time of the receipt of the administrative act. As a parallel
                                                                         measure civil-law claims can be asserted. Refer to tip 6.
To determine the quality of the relevant residential locations the Se-
nate Administration of Urban Development and Housing can issue           The amounts in the tables 5 and 6 below show from which rent
a decree.Every two years after the law’s entry into force this Senate    level on tenants are entitled to reductions. To enforce a reduction,
Administration of Urban Development and Housing must adjust the          the tenant must demand from the landlord to lower the rent to the
rent caps to the relevant real wage development.                         amounts listed below. The Senate Administration of Urban Develop-
                                                                         ment and Housing is in charge of monitoring the admissible rents.

 Table 5: Net rent of flats with central heating and with bathroom allowing a reduction:
                                            quality of
                                                              up to      1919 -      1950 -       1965 -      1973 -      1990 -       2003-
 Year of completion                         residential
                                                              1918       1949        1964          1972       1990        2002         2013
                                            area

                                            simple           7,404        7,188       6,960       6,804       6,912       9,420       11,424
                 without                    medium           7,632       7,426        7,188       7,032        7,140      9,648       11,652
                 modernisation
                                            good             8,628       8,412        8,184       8,028       8,136       10,644      12,648

                                            simple           8,604       8,388        8,160       8,004        8,112      10,620      12,624
 rent in         after modernisation
 €/m2/per        or with modern             medium           8,832        8,616       8,388       8,232       8,340       10,848      12,852
 month           outfit*
                                            good             9,828        9,612       9,384       9,228       9,336       11,844      13,848

                                            simple           9,804       9,588        9,360       9,204       9,312       11,820      13,824
                 after modernisation
                                            medium          10,032        9,816       9,588       9,432       9,540       12,048      14,052
                 with modern outfit*
                                            good             11,028      10,812      10,584      10,428      10,536       13,044      15,048

According to the Senate Administration of Urban Development and Housing it is necessary to indicate prices per square meter with three
digits after the decimal point in order to avoid distorting rounding differences. For buildings with maximally two flats different amounts
apply.

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Table 6: Net rent allowing a reduction
                                                                                                                 for flats without central heat-
 for flats with central heating or with bathroom:
                                                                                                                 ing and without bathroom:

                                                           quality of
                                                                             up to       1919 -      1950 -          up to
 Year of completion                                        residential                                                            1919 - 1949
                                                                             1918        1949        1964            1918
                                                           area

                                                           simple            5,664       5,928       6,408          4,368            5,172

                 without modernisation                     medium            5,892       6,156       6,636          4,596            5,400

                                                           good              6,888       7,152       7,632          5,592            6,396

                                                           simple            6,864       7,128       7,608          5,568            6,372
 rent in         after modernisation or with
 €/m2/per                                                  medium            7,092       7,356       7,836          5,796            6,600
 month           modern outfit*
                                                           good              8,088       8,352       8,832          6,792            7,596

                                                           simple            8,064       8,328       8,808          6,768            7,572
                 after modernisation with
                                                           medium            8,292       8,556       9,036          6,996            7,800
                 modern outfit*
                                                           good              9,288       9,552      10,032          7,992            8,796

According to the Senate Administration of Urban Development and Housing it is necessary to indicate prices per square meter with three
digits after the decimal point in order to avoid distorting rounding differences. Different amounts apply for buildings with maximally two flats.

Regulation in case of landlord’s hardship                                 Subsidies for tenants in case of landlord’s hardship
Where the rent caps resulting from the new law constitutes an un-         If the Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) confirms that an undue hardship
due hardship for the landlord, the latter can apply for an adequate       exists for the applying landlord and if the latter is therefore entitled
increase of the rent(s). The landlord must apply for this at the Inves-   to increase the net rent to a level above the caps specified in the
titionsbank Berlin (IBB) which must decide on this case within three      according law, the tenant may apply for a rent subsidy at the In-
months after receipt of the application and inform both the landlord      vestitionsbank Berlin (IBB) pursuant to the provisions of the Berlin
and the tenant of its decision. The relevant criteria of hardship are     Housing Act (“Wohnraumgesetz Berlin”).
to be defined by the Senate Administration of Urban Development
and Housing by way of a decree.

6 TIPS & TRICKS REGARDING THE RENT FREEZE

TIP 1 Information duties of the landlord
Until 23 April 2020 landlords are by law obliged to inform tenants with existing leases about various features (year of completion, quality
of the residential area, outfit of the flat etc.) to be able to determine the rent caps (tables 1-6). These must be checked. Based on this
data, the tenant sees which entries in the table apply to calculate the maximum allowable rent. On request of the tenant the landlord must
inform of the rent agreed on the effective date (18 June 2019). This also applies for new leases (re-letting) – and without being asked. The
information must be given to the potential tenant before conclusion of the lease.

TIP 2 Handling rent increases agreed prior to the effective date on 18 June 2019 and prior to the entry
into force of the rent freeze law on 23 February 2020
Rent increases effectively agreed upon in the above mentioned period were to be reviewed solely pursuant to the provisions of the Ger-
man Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch = BGB). In case of an obligation to consent the tenant had to give his/her consent and pay
the increased rent. From 23 February 2020 on, the landlord must however lower the rent to the level of the rent effectively agreed on 18
June 2019 since exceeding this rent applicable on 18 June 2019 is prohibited by law. If the landlord does not lower the rent or does not
inform the tenant that only the lower rent has to be paid, the tenant has two options:
1. Starting 23 February 2020, the tenant only pays the net rent agreed on 18 June 2019 (note: money saved should first of all be set
aside) or
2. the tenant pays the increased rent for the time being and files a complaint with a court to force the landlord to only demand the rent
agreed on 18 June 2019.
As a parallel measure, the tenant should ask the District Office to review the rent. The District Office can then calculate if the rent is too
high and can impose a fine on the landlord.

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TIP 3 Rent& TRICKSuntil
          increases RUND   IM DIE MIETPREISBREMSE
                        31 December 2021 despite rent freeze: What to do.
Despite the federal state’s prohibition of rent increases a landlord requests from a tenant the latter’s consent to a rent increase pursuant
to the German Civil Code (BGB) by informing at the same time that the specifically claimed higher rent must not be paid at this point in
time. If the rent freeze law’s constitutionality is confirmed then it is obvious that rent increases – except in case of modernisation measures
– are prohibited until 31 December 2021. After that date, rent increases are only permitted up to 1.3% annually. It is however still unclear
if a consent to a rent increase for a period after expiry of the rent freeze must be given, this being normally required pursuant to BGB.
The Berlin Tenants‘ Association (BMV) is of the opinion that tenants are not obliged to give such a consent during the validity of the rent
freeze. This is, however, a controversial matter. It is highly recommended to benefit from the BMV’s legal advice in order to get the latest
information on current court rulings regarding this matter.

TIP 4 Which rent must be paid when concluding a lease (re-letting) after the law’s entry into force?
The landlord may maximally demand the rent agreed on the effective date on 18 June 2019 with the former tenant, unless this effective
date rent exceeds the rent cap stipulated in the Berlin rent freeze law (refer to table 3 and 4). In this latter case this rent cap applies. The
landlord is obliged to already inform the (future) tenant prior to the conclusion of the lease of the rent agreed on the effective date and of
the data needed to calculate the rent cap.
Should the landlord not comply with this request although asked to do so or demands a higher rent, then the tenant has two options:
1. The tenant continues to pay the higher rent, contacts the District Office and obtains information about the allowable rent. Based on
this, the tenant – if need be – then requests the Local Court to determine and confirm the allowable rent in order to be able to reclaim the
excess rent amounts paid until then. Neither the official information nor the administrative act of the District Office are prerequisites for
judicial enforcement but can facilitate the procedure.
2. If the maximum rent is clear, the rent can immediately be reduced to the rent cap specified in the table. The amounts saved should be
set aside.
In addition, the landlord should be reproached for violating the rent cap law - pursuant to the German Civil Code where the rent is more
than 10 percent higher than the customary comparative rent. By doing this, claims arising from the rent cap can be secured if the rent
freeze law turns out to be entirely or in parts invalid.

TIP 5 Upon conclusion of a lease the landlord demands a significantly higher rent (so-called “shadow
rent”) than the allowed capped rent. Others demand payment of the difference between the capped rent
and the higher rent to a fiduciary account. What to do.
Some landlords demand for new leases a higher rent than is admissible but declare at the same time that they will “waive“ this amount for
the period of validity of the rent freeze law, and instead only “demand” a rent admissible pursuant to the applicable rent cap. According
to the BMV’s opinion this is forbidden pursuant to the rent freeze law and such contract clauses should not be agreed between the parties.
This matter will certainly be a disputed topic.

According to the BMV, the landlord is not entitled to request payment of the difference between the higher rent and the capped rent de-
fined by the rent freeze law (“MietenWoG Bln”) to a fiduciary account. In general, the BMV recommends that tenants put aside the saved
amounts if landlords claim rents above the cap and that they reduce the rent on their own until the law‘s constitutionality is reviewed by
the courts. It is however not recommended to pay the difference to a fiduciary account set up for this purpose.

TIP 6 Reducing the rent starting 23 November 2020: How can tenants reduce rents which were already
quite high on the effective date on 18 June 2019?
The rent freeze law regulates an entitlement to reduction if the rent is 20 percent above the allowable cap shown in the table. This enti-
tlement, however, exists no sooner than from 23 November 2020 on. From that date on, the landlord must lower the rent from his/her
side – otherwise a fine may be imposed on him/her. If the landlord does not act accordingly and reduces the rent, tenants should take
action.
First of all it is recommendable to inform the Senate Administration of Urban Development and Housing that an excess rent is suspected
and that the landlord is not willing to reduce it. The administration can then issue an administrative act or provide relevant information.
Both may be helpful in case of civil-law proceedings initiated against the landlord. Should the Senate Administration issue a law-shap-
ing administrative act (which is in its discretion), the rent would be reduced upon receipt of the act.
It must be reviewed if it is reasonable to wait for the authority’s reaction or if it is better for the tenants to act without delay. There are
two options:
1. Tenants request the landlord to reduce the rent or file a complaint if the request is denied. The complaint is lodged with the Local Court
of their place of residence. The court then determines the allowable rent and reclaims the rent amounts paid in excess.
2. Tenants themselves lower the rent to the admissible cap and set the difference aside as a precaution. If the landlord does not accept the
rent cap, then the latter would have to lodge a complaint to reclaim the difference. As long as the constitutionality of the law is not refuted
it is very likely that the landlord cannot enforce a termination of the lease due to accrued rent arrears.
Please discuss which option seems to be the better one in individual cases with BMV’s legal consultants.

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