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minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·7 months agoIt’s common in Germany to get a “reference” from your current landlord that basically just says “paid rent on time and didn’t set anything on fire”.
minus-squareaulin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoHuh. Here we have registries for people who habitually don’t pay on time, with a cooldown once they’re caught up. If you’re not in the registry it’s assumed that you’re good.
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoDon’t worry, we have that registry in Germany as well. And you have to pay to get your own data from them (although a GDPR request works once a year)
minus-squareMystikIncarnatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoSee, that seems reasonable. It doesn’t say any more than it has to.
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 months agoIt is? I’m german and I’ve rented my entire life and never got anything like it nor needed anything like it to rent.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoI had to present such slips several times. But I’m living in a city where the queues for apartments is 50 people long.
It’s common in Germany to get a “reference” from your current landlord that basically just says “paid rent on time and didn’t set anything on fire”.
Huh. Here we have registries for people who habitually don’t pay on time, with a cooldown once they’re caught up. If you’re not in the registry it’s assumed that you’re good.
Don’t worry, we have that registry in Germany as well. And you have to pay to get your own data from them (although a GDPR request works once a year)
See, that seems reasonable.
It doesn’t say any more than it has to.
It is? I’m german and I’ve rented my entire life and never got anything like it nor needed anything like it to rent.
I had to present such slips several times.
But I’m living in a city where the queues for apartments is 50 people long.