Draft law: Legal right of a tenant or homeowner to install a balcony photovoltaic system
In times of rising electricity prices, the demand for solutions to keep these costs as low as possible is also increasing. This increasingly includes the purchase of a photovoltaic system for self-installation. To prevent lengthy discussions with landlords or other members of the homeowners' association, a draft bill from the Federal Ministry of Justice now proposes a legal right to install so-called balcony power plants.
The right of a condominium owners' association to bring legal action to assert rights relating to defects
The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that, even after the reform of the Condominium Act, the community of apartment owners can still, by majority vote, assume sole enforcement of the rights of purchasers of condominium units to remedy defects in the common property (Judgment of November 11, 2022 – Case No. V ZR 213/21). Furthermore, the conditions for the liability of a seller of a property due to contaminated sites or suspected contamination have been clarified.