Holiday apartment rental - Apply to temporarily rent out your main or secondary residence in Berlin

• The protection-worthy private interest in the misappropriation of use (Zweckentfremdung) outweighs [the public interest] A permit can be granted on application if protection-worthy private interests outweigh the public interest in preserving the residential space concerned. Berlin main residence • Predominant protection-worthy private interests exist, as a rule, pursuant to § 3 paragraph 3 number 2 ZwVbG (Zweckentfremdungsverbot-Gesetz, Act on the Prohibition of the Misappropriation of Housing), if the respective persons entitled to dispose of or use the property use their self-occupied Berlin main residence, in which their actual center of life is established, for purposes other than residential purposes during their periods of absence, provided that its character as a main residence is not affected. Berlin secondary residence • Predominant protection-worthy private interests are, as a rule, recognized pursuant to § 3 paragraph 3 number 3 ZwVbG for a self-used Berlin secondary residence only if the use within the meaning of § 2 paragraph 1 number 1 ZwVbG takes place for the purpose of letting, calculated by the day or week, as a holiday apartment or for accommodating visitors, on no more than 90 days per year.

• Application for approval of temporary holiday apartment rental and assignment of a registration number for a self-used Berlin main residence or a secondary residence • Please submit the completed form in writing to the responsible Bezirksamt (district office). Online submission is not possible. • The application form requires precise details about the applicant and the residential unit concerned. • Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120702/ • Statement of reasons for the application with corresponding supporting documents • for the person entitled to use the property: proof of tenancy (valid rental or sublease agreement) • for the person entitled to use the property: declaration of consent from the landlord • for the person entitled to dispose of the property: proof of ownership (current extract from the land register) • If applicable, notification of a permit-free use for purposes other than residential of a maximum of 49% of the living space of a Berlin main residence • Please submit the completed form in writing to the responsible Bezirksamt. Online submission is not possible. • The notification of a permit-free use for purposes other than residential of a maximum of 49% of the living space, to be made using the form, is only possible in relation to the Berlin main residence in which the actual center of life is established. • The use for purposes other than residential is only exempt from the permit requirement if you notify the Bezirksamt of the use for purposes other than residential in advance. • Following the notification, a confirmation of receipt from the responsible Bezirksamt, stating a registration number, is sent by post to the sender's address given in the notification. The registration number issued must always be stated publicly and visibly when offering and advertising the residential space concerned for purposes other than residential, in particular on internet portals.

• Application for approval of the temporary rental of a vacation apartment and allocation of a registration number for a self-occupied Berlin primary residence or secondary residence www.berlin.de/sen/stadt/_assets/service/formular-center/bere • Extension application for approval of the temporary rental of a vacation apartment and allocation of a registration number for a self-occupied Berlin primary residence or secondary residence www.berlin.de/sen/stadt/_assets/service/formular-center/bere • Application to report a non-residential use not requiring approval of up to 49% of the living space of the Berlin primary residence www.berlin.de/sen/stadt/_assets/service/formular-center/bere • Application for issuance of a Negativattest (certificate confirming that no permit is required) www.berlin.de/sen/stadt/_assets/service/formular-center/bere

• 100.00 euros: per housing unit for approval of the temporary rental of a holiday apartment at a main residence in Berlin • 150.00 euros: per housing unit for approval of the temporary rental of a holiday apartment at a secondary residence in Berlin • 77.00 euros to 231.00 euros: for issuing negative certificates (Negativatteste) for residential space that is not (or no longer) subject to the ban on misappropriation of housing (Zweckentfremdungsverbot), where no yield calculation (Renditeberechnung) is required • 231.00 euros to 693.00 euros: for issuing negative certificates (Negativatteste) for residential space that is not (or no longer) subject to the ban on misappropriation of housing (Zweckentfremdungsverbot), where a yield calculation (Renditeberechnung) is required Notes • For processing applications to amend legally effective (bestandskräftig) approvals, half of the fee set for the underlying official action is charged. • No separate fee is charged for assigning the registration number. • If an application is withdrawn after processing has begun, or if an application is rejected, between one-tenth and five-tenths of the full fee is charged.

• Zweckentfremdungsverbot-Gesetz (ZwVbG) (Misuse of Housing Prohibition Act) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=WoZwEntfrG+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Zweckentfremdungsverbot-Verordnung (ZwVbVO) (Misuse of Housing Prohibition Ordinance) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=WoZwEntfrV+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO) (Administrative Fees Ordinance) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=VwGebO+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true>

Depends on individual case/application

• Misuse of residential housing [Zweckentfremdung von Wohnraum] (Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen [Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing]) www.berlin.de/sen/wohnen/rechtliches/zweckentfremdungsverbot • Forms relating to housing (Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen [Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing]) www.berlin.de/sen/stadt/service/formularcenter/bereich-wohne

Responsibility lies with the Wohnungsamt/Bürgeramt (housing office/citizens' office) of the district office (Bezirksamt) in whose district the housing is located. A permit is issued there upon application at the office's due discretion (pflichtgemäßes Ermessen).