https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germans spend more than a third of their household budgets on keeping a roof over their heads each month, new figures showed on Thursday – an increase of almost three percentage points in recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20150910/housing-creeps-over-13-of-germans-monthly-budgets Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:11:28 +0200 housing-creeps-over-13-of-germans-monthly-budgets A new study published on Wednesday showed that Berlin's “rent prices brake” introduced on June 1st has had an immediate effect, with asking prices on one top website sinking by 3.1 percent within a month. https://www.thelocal.de/20150708/berlin-rents-drop-as-price-brake-takes-effect Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:50:28 +0200 berlin-rents-drop-as-price-brake-takes-effect Federal investigators said on Sunday that attacks against refugee housing had increased dramatically in 2014, but refugee organizations warned against panic. https://www.thelocal.de/20141117/2014-sees-jump-in-refugee-home-attacks-far-right-neo-nazis-syria-iraq-lebanon Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:03:00 +0100 2014-sees-jump-in-refugee-home-attacks-far-right-neo-nazis-syria-iraq-lebanon A tenant must pay more than €3,000 for failing to follow German etiquette and repaint the walls of his apartment white after moving out, a Munich court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.de/20141107/tenant-must-pay-for-not-painting-apartment-white-germany Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:09:00 +0100 tenant-must-pay-for-not-painting-apartment-white-germany People on Hartz IV unemployment benefits could be restricted to renting apartments of 25 square metres or less under a radical plan floated by the Ministry of Labour, media reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100723/28691 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:35:00 +0200 28691