BERLIN-Wedding: House cleared, horror finished?

Rats, rubbish, faeces: in Berlin, a house was vacated where the Roma lived and the owner had fallen. Whether that uses or harms the inhabitants is open.

BERLIN-Wedding: House cleared, horror finished?
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    Anna N. Smokes a cigarette and looks at house where Sieveis has just lived. An indefinable stench has been laid over DieRäumungsarbeiten. The Bulgarin observes with two or women, like a large contingent of policemen in protective suits successively enters old building in DerKameruner Street. Shopkeepers and neighbors stroll over cobblestones, surprised here is riot nobody. After all, it is "horror House" in Berlin district of wedding, which is cleared this morning.

    From outside it seems unobtrusive, from inside it is quite decaying: windows are smashed and in yard re are mountains of rubbish undFäkalien, re are rats and vermin. Electricity and water have been set aside for months. Anna is only one of those waiting who speaks German. For several weeks y have been living in transition with two women; where she used to be, she doesn't want to say. In front of side entrance is a small tent built, where personalities of inhabitants are recorded, all are according to police Bulgarian Roma. A police spokesman says that officials are aufgrundeines requests for assistance from district office here.

    Anna and two women are looking for familiar faces at tent. Anna says it was bad to live re. "It stinks undwird much stolen." When asked how y were staying re, only replies: "No money and no rent." Anna is one of just under 27,500 Bulgarians Inberlin. The EU enlargement has brought more and more persecuted Sinti and Roma to Germany in recent years. They come with ungewissemAufenthaltsstatus and do not know each or in German tenancy law. EinigeVermieter Use this to complete rental contracts at inflated prices. As well as in Cameroon Street. According to BezirksstadtratEphraim Go, until just over a year ago, re was a property administration that apartments rented to several people at same time without owning a Genehmigungdafür.

    You cannot find property management

    There are also parallels to or cities where "Roma houses" have been evicted. In 2013, a tenement house was vacated in Duisburg. The owner owned three objects in city, all rented to Roma Bulgaria and Romania. He got four euros per square meter monthly in cash from everyone. The houses had been heavily neglected. After neighbors ' protest, landlord first announced leases in two buildings, but third house remained inhabited. It was only when city had water anded electricity that it could declare it uninhabitable and vacate it. In Hanover, city of 2017mehrfach demanded a landlord to renovate his house, which was in a pitiful state. After alleged renovation, Roma families moved in. Mold, trash and vermin were n unbearable for neighborhood. DerEigentümer complained against some of residents, as y paid no rent, and left building in October. The police met several families in an apartment, although officially only two tenants were registered re.

    In Berlin, too, main problem was understanding with DemEigentümer, says district councillor Go. The owner Istpensionierter doctor and owns several objects in Berlin. Many of m should be in similar condition. The owner argues that he has used a Hausverwaltungfür object, says Go. A year ago, Diesedann disappeared from screen. Since n, owner supposedly does not require rent from residents. The district office demanded DenHausbesitzer several times to set up building, unsuccessfully.

    Legally, y were forced to seek contact with Eigentümerzu, says Alderman Go. But re was "quasi no verlässlichenVerabredungen with owner". The offer to buy house was also not received. After municipal water companies stopped DieWasserzufuhr and hygienic conditions were no longer sustainable, District office ordered eviction.

    With wooden planks barricaded n policemen on Monday Dieunteren window of house so that no one can enter. FürBezirksbürgermeister Stephan of Dassel, it is a mystery wher Eigentümerdie states consciously tolerated or is simply overwhelmed. It is now decided individually what will happen to residents. Two children were taken into custody and adults were now checked for residence status. Some may take advantage of city's oderzunächst in social housing. But most of m will go to malzu friends and acquaintances.

    Date Of Update: 18 April 2018, 12:02
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