Overview
- On June 10, Hamburg’s Senate approved an ordinance prolonging the citywide Mietpreisbremse until December 31, 2025, limiting new tenancies to 10% above the local comparative rent.
- City officials say they have exhausted the existing legal framework under the 2015 federal law and have urged the Bundesrat to back a cabinet-approved bill that would extend the rent brake through the end of 2029.
- SPD urban development senator Karen Pein described the extension as vital for shielding tenants from steep increases in Hamburg’s tight housing market.
- Andreas Breitner of the Verband norddeutscher Wohnungsunternehmen criticized the move as ineffective for boosting housing supply and argued it unfairly targets landlords despite recent expansions in the city’s construction funding.
- The Left party’s housing spokesperson defended the measure as a necessary tenant protection tool rather than a mechanism for incentivizing new construction.