More or less, people that rent a flat or a house and don’t pay the rent until they are evicted.
Eviction can take quite some time legally in Germany. Years sometimes. Quite often the Nomads leave the flat or house in ruins (interior-wise) and after eviction seek their next victim and start again.
Edit: As a reminder, yes or no probably wont show in the comments. My bad, I should have asked an open question!
Edit 2: How are they called in your language?
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They exist, hard to evict someone in the Netherlands even when they don’t pay.
I don’t know whether this phenomenon has a name here but yeah, they do exist. Since it takes some time to evict them (and even if the process can be quick if you catch all that’s needed soon and the court isn’t clogged by cases, they themselves can easily prolong the process, we had a guy who wasn’t this “nomad” but regular case of “stopped to pay rent after time” and although it was clear case and the whole process could be done quickly, he managed to obstruct for a year).
We have people like that in the UK as well, they are a blot on the landscape of every country.
Edit: they don’t have a specific name here or at least one that is printable.
When I signed my first mortgage in Luxembourg with a state-owned bank, mortgage dude was retiring the next day.
I asked him about evictions. They once had a family with 2 young kids sign a mortgage, move in, never pay. But because they’re state-owned, they did nothing until the you best was 18. That’s 18 years of free rent!
But generally, I haven’t heard much about rent/lease nomads in Luxembourg. I assume it’s criminal here, which is why people don’t do it (i.e. evicting genuine tenants is civil and takes time. Presumably these nomads are trespassers so out immediately)
Edit: just re-read your post. Yes we have people who sign contracts then don’t pay. Worst thing is, if they owe 6onths then pay 1 month, the clock resets. Source: had to evict tenant recently for non-payment and bestie is a Lux lawyer. (Thankfully tenant went easily and yes, I did try to work with him, but he wasn’t interested in discussions)
I’m sure they do exists, but they don’t have a specific name. They fall in the category of ‘aso’s’, which is short for ‘asocialen’; anti-socials, who don’t care or adher to any socially accepted rules or behavior.
I don’t actually know, but here it’s the norm you pay a security deposit of 3 months rent and you pay 3 months rent in advance and the first months rent – so in total you pay an amount the equals 7 months of rent. Which is a lot of money.
So it’s harder to fuck around.
Yes, they do exist, as Italian renting laws notoriously favor the tenants, especially if they are disabled or have children. Though they don’t have a name, landlords sure wish they did, to insult them better.
As a consequence, what usually happens is that landlords either (sight unseen) screen potential tenants, with the result that first-time renters often have a hard time even starting, or, if they have more than one, they rent only the banged-up apartments they will refuse to renovate or help with until forced by external factors to, and keep the other for either a B&B or a “internal hideout” (when not keeping it vacant).
Mind you, this situation arose as backlash to a housing legislation that allowed landlords to call the police to forcefully evict someone the moment rent was overdue, or for any arbitrary reason and without notice.
Sorry but “Mietnomaden” is a fake fairy tale excusing German landlords in their predatory behaviors. It’s urban legend. Legit people with full documentation are unable to rent for months, how on earth a non-paying person can get a rental?
housing is a right and landlords are a leech on the economy