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GER: Federal Court Clarifies Landlords’ Owner-Occupancy Rights

Civil Law 

The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, hereinafter BGH) addressed the boundaries of termination on grounds of personal use. The central issue was whether a landlord may assert personal use when intending to renovate their own apartme...

OGH: Landlords Must also Maintain Radiators

Civil Law 

The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified that landlords’ recently stipulated new obligation to maintain ‘heating installations’ under Section 3(2)(2a) of the Austrian Tenancy Act (Mietrechtsgesetz, hereinafter ...

GER: Must Landlords Allow Subletting to Refugees?

Civil Law 

Does a landlord have to allow a tenant to take in a refugee? The Berlin Regional Court has ruled: Yes, they do. Anyone who wants to take in refugees has a claim against their landlord for permission to sublet. Since the beginning of the Russian attac...

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