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Deposits should be held by the city. The landlord should be forced to prove they deserve it in a court of law. (lemmy.ml)
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Shouldn't be a issue since landlords never lie to keep deposits right?

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[โ€“] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Last time we rented we put the deposit into a savings account. The landlords got the book needed to access it and we were the people needed to access it. That way we also collected interest on the deposit (which I think is technically mandatory in Germany).

And good thing we did that because we did have some trouble after we moved out.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

Here, too, the tenant gets the deposit back and any interest accrued.