• AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    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”.

    • aulin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      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.

      • bob_lemon@feddit.deEnglish
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        6 months ago

        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)

    • Enkrod@feddit.deEnglish
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      6 months ago

      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.