§ 12

It must be explicitly stated in the lease agreement if a tenancy has been renovated under the following rules:

1)The former applicable law on private urban renewal, cf. Consolidated Act No. 49 of February 1, 1996, with subsequent amendments, and where the rent increase is calculated according to the same law.

2)Chapter 5 on agreed housing improvements in the former applicable law on urban renewal, cf. Consolidated Act No. 260 of April 7, 2003, and where the rent increase is calculated according to the same law.

3)The former applicable Chapter 6 a on agreed green urban renewal in the Act on Urban Renewal and Development of Cities, cf. Consolidated Act No. 144 of February 21, 2020, and where the rent increase is calculated according to § 58 a in the former applicable Rent Act, cf. Consolidated Act No. 927 of September 4, 2019.

Stk. 2.If subsidies are granted under the laws mentioned in subsection 1 to reduce the rent increase for the tenancy, it must be explicitly stated in the lease agreement the amount of the subsidy granted for each payment term throughout the subsidy period.

Stk. 3.If the landlord has wholly or partially failed to provide the information mentioned in subsections 1 and 2, no rent increase can be charged according to the special rules in the former applicable law on private urban renewal, cf. Consolidated Act No. 49 of February 1, 1996, with subsequent amendments, in Chapter 5 of the former applicable law on urban renewal, cf. Consolidated Act No. 260 of April 7, 2003, with subsequent amendments, or in § 58 a of the former applicable Rent Act, cf. Consolidated Act No. 927 of September 4, 2019. If a rent increase has been charged despite the lack of information, the tenant can demand the rent increase to be refunded. § 15, subsection 3, 2nd and 3rd sentences, apply correspondingly.