The high cost of living in Munich gnaw at the nerves of many people. A ZDF documentary shows now that even a full-time job that yields enough money for a flat of their own.
Munich – When Stephan (51) wants to cook after work, this is a bit like Camping. Crockery and Cutlery are stored, the choice of Munich in his room. He carries the stuff around on the gear in a sterile kitchen. Stephen food store in a locker in the fridge. He locks on. At home he felt here, he says in the docu-series 37 Grad (ZDF). It is not because Stephan has no apartment. The plumbing and heating engineer lives in spite of a full time job in a men’s dormitory.
Not an isolated case. According to estimates by the Federal Association of Homeless ten percent of the approximately 420,000 homeless people in Germany are employed. Almost twice as many as ten years ago. Also Korinna is one of them. The 49-Year-old works full-time at the Munich Central station as a cleaner. After you had to cancel your apartment because of a hefty rent increase, she found a place in a residential home: For one and a half years, she lives with eight other women on a floor. Bathroom and toilet to share with the women. Actually, she wanted to stay only temporarily, in the meantime, it has become a permanent solution. This is because, with a salary of 1300 euros per month, Korinna deserve the free housing market to a little, but for a social housing too much.
housing: Many of the Munich-based search, without success, a social housing
The number of those who have less than you, is huge: In Munich were launched in 2018 according to the Department of social services to 30,000 applications for a social apartment, only 3200 were awarded. Korinna has now accepted a part-time job. She wants to continue to fight, to be strong. However, the constant Cancellations of wear down. “Sometimes you lose hope. When I’m alone, I cry sometimes.“
+ Stephan at work: “I love my Job,” says the installer.©Screenshot: ZDF Mediathek
Stephan used to have a well running company. Until he became ill and could no longer work Because his company went bankrupt, he has an entry in the Schufa. In the highly competitive rental market in Munich is a K. o. criterion. For a time, Stephan and even lived on the street. But he is a fighter, returned to life. Today, he’s much better in the month he has, thanks to the hard work of 1500 euros. Hundreds of applications he has already written – just Cancel. Recently he visited an Apartment in the new quarters schwabinger Tor, where social housing. Now it’s time to wait – as is so often the…
D. Schmitt
