Finding an apartment is never easy in Germany's tight housing markets, but many foreigners may also be excluded based on their name, race or nationality in the process. Does this sound familiar to you? If so, we'd like to hear about your experiences.
Many foreigners in Germany – as well as Germans with names that do not sound ethnically German – say they've faced discrimination in trying to find a place to live.
In a previous survey by The Local, "finding somewhere to live" was aspect of life where the most respondents said they'd experienced discrimination in Germany.
And to be clear, numerous studies have shown that racial discrimination in the German housing market is a real problem. A survey by the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), found that Black and Muslim people in particular were less likely to invited to flat viewings.
A recent report by the Council of Economic Experts on Integration and Migration (SVR) also notes that discrimination against people with migration backgrounds continues to occur, and remains "particularly widespread in tight housing markets".
