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minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 years 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-up8·2 years 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-up7·2 years 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-squareEnkrod@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years 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-up4·2 years agoI had to present such slips several times. But I’m living in a city where the queues for apartments is 50 people long.
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoSee, that seems reasonable. It doesn’t say any more than it has to.
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)
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.
See, that seems reasonable.
It doesn’t say any more than it has to.