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🎶36 degrees and it's getting hotter🎶 (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 29 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Germany has laws about requiring a certain heating level in the winter for safety and comfort reasons. I hope we can vote the CDU out next opportunity and talk about requiring a certain cooling level in the summer because it's dangerously hot in most apartments these days.

I won't rant about landlords here but like, if there isn't a law this change won't happen and people will die because of it. I can't imagine living in a Dachgeschoss right now. My last one got ~5-10 degrees hotter than outside.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    There are legal limits above which you are allowed to withhold rent. I do not know them by heart since I live in a sunny but colder region of Germany.

    So at some point the owner has to take measures to lower the temperature. Be it by installing better insulation or by installing AC. Also: you only have to prove it's too warm, the owner would need to prove you yourself are causing the heat, if they want to curb paying.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    More insulation doesn't work. At some point it actively becomes more of a problem than a solution.

    You HAVE to remove the heat inside some how or you just create an oven.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There is no general legal framework for this. There have been decisions in court to allow the withholding of rent due to heat, or to force the landlord to improve the building. However, there have also been cases where the court ruled that the heat is part of "general risk of living". It all depends on the exact situation and the decision of a judge, because most landlords will probably tell you to kick rocks when you contact them about this.

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