A good and secure home - Degewo

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When is a rent increase limitation possible?
What constitutes appropriate flat size for this purpose?
How is net household income calculated?
As part of their contribution to the Rent Alliance, when implementing
rent increases, the municipal housing societies have
committed themselves to limiting the net cold rent (“Nettokaltmiete”)
to no more than 30 percent of the tenant
household’s net income, provided the household in question
lives in a flat of appropriate size and the household’s income
does not exceed the limits set forth uniformly for the Federal
Republic of Germany in the federal housing promotion act
(Wohnraumförderungsgesetz, WoFG).
Appropriate flat sizes according to size of household
Single-person household: no more than 45 m²
Two-person household: no more than 60 m²
Three-person household: no more than 75 m²
Four-person household: no more than 85 m²
Each further household member:
an additional maximum of 12 m²
In cases where the flat is larger than the permitted limit for
the size of the household, no rent limitation is possible.
Income limits
For the intents and purposes of determining the application
of rent limitation, household income is the total income of a
household as calculated according to sections 20-24 of the
federal housing promotion act (Wohnraumförderungsgesetz,
WoFG). In WoFG section 9, the income limit (net income per
year) is determined to be
for a single-person household
12,000.00 Euro
for a two-person household
18,000.00 Euro
additionally for each further
household member
4,100.00 Euro
For each child,
the limit is raised by
500.00 Euro