Teismas nutraukė prieglobsčio suteikimą Baden Badeno senjorų namuose

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In a recent ruling, the Baden-Baden District Court has put a decisive end to the controversial housing of asylum seekers in the Schwarzwaldwohnstift, a residence specifically designed for senior citizens. This decision comes after numerous complaints from elderly residents about disturbances and harassment, revealing a clash between the needs of vulnerable seniors and the city’s housing strategies.

The city of Baden-Baden is housing migrants in a senior citizens' residence - with negative consequences for the elderly residents. Now a court is putting an end to this nonsense.

Baden-Baden - The Baden-Baden District Court has declared the partial conversion of the Schwarzwaldwohnstift (Black Forest residential foundation) into an asylum accommodation unlawful. The elderly residents of the senior residence had previously complained about noise and harassment by the predominantly young foreign women with children.

The ruling is based on a lawsuit filed by 19 apartment owners in the Schwarzwaldwohnstift. They objected to the fact that the other owners had accepted the city of Baden-Baden's offer to rent to asylum seekers instead of senior citizens at significantly higher rents. The residence has a total of 117 units, each of which has different owners.

City lured senior residence owners with a lot of money

The court now ruled in full in favor of the plaintiffs. Since the construction of the facility in the 1980s, all contracts and stipulations have clearly shown that the purpose is "to dedicate the entire property as a senior citizens' home (private residential and nursing home)". The accommodation of migrants is therefore not permitted - even if the city prefers this use.

It also emerged in court that the defendant homeowners' association and its administration abused a rather poorly attended owners' meeting in June 2023 to vote on the new use and then, following a majority decision, ignored the original one. The suspected motive: greed. Because the city paid even more than the elderly seniors who had previously lived there.

It was therefore up to the individual property owner whether he or she rented a vacant residential unit to the city of Baden-Baden as the paymaster for the migrants. There were even plans to conclude a general rental agreement with the city. But the judge has now put a stop to this plan.

“Refugees must move out”

The former State Secretary for Culture in Saxony-Anhalt, Leon Meyer-Vogelfänger, also lives in the Schwarzwaldwohnstift. He told the Welt newspaper: "The misuse of the Wohnstift is illegal, the refugees must move out."

The 80-year-old stressed: "We want to be a purely senior citizens' facility again." He is convinced that it was never about the well-being of the migrants, but rather "about displacing residents in order to obtain higher rental income."

How quickly the asylum seekers have to leave the Schwarzwaldwohnstift depends on whether the losers appeal. The city of Baden-Baden is obviously hoping for this, because as long as the verdict is not final, they do not want to comment on it. The full legal process could take years.

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As of October 2023, discussions in Baden-Baden revolve around the court's ruling, with local officials contemplating whether to appeal the decision. The community is closely monitoring the situation, as the potential for prolonged legal battles looms over the residents' future in the senior home.