§ 157

The tenant of a residential apartment has the right to sublet up to half of the apartment's living rooms for residential purposes. The total number of people living in the apartment must not exceed the number of living rooms.

Stk. 2.The landlord must oppose the sublease if the apartment is subject to the rules on maximum occupancy and will be inhabited by more than two persons per living room, cf. § 14, in the Housing Act.

Stk. 3.Sublease agreements must be made in writing, and the tenant must provide the landlord with a copy of the sublease agreement before the sublease period begins.