Useful Links

Below are some organisations which offer counselling and advice that you may find helpful.

• A Kiezladen provides support, events, counselling and sometimes Soliküche (or free group meals) in the neighbourhood. You can find one on Sonnenallee, Neukölln or Waldemarstrasse, Kreuzberg
• Diakonie is a non-profit organisation that provides social services, health care and counselling for people in need
• Zusammenleben Willkommen is an initiative to facilitate flat-sharing (W-Gs) between tenants and refugees throughout Germany. If you are a refugee looking for a flat, or someone who has a room or flat to rent - please get in touch with them!
• AWO Berlin offers counselling and advice on all sorts of issues, from migration to youth to Anmeldung.
• IB Berlin offers support and accommodation in a crisis and helps those living on the streets.
• Join a renters’ union! E.g. Mieterschutzbund, Berliner Mieterverein
• Kub Berlin Oranienstrasse offers counselling, advice and therapy to immigrants and refugees.
• Guía migrante de supervivencia urbana. Herramientas para enfrentar el mercado inmobiliario y la burocracia en Berlín: Spanish Handbook to Surviving Berlin
• German Handbook for Newcomers: created by a student organisation at FU to help newcomers to Berlin. It includes info on everything, including housing.
• Free tenants’ advice in Neukölln: Die Linke Advice Appointments
• Tenants’ Advice Appointments in Neukölln
• Berlin Tenants’ Advice Services
• Kiez counselling services on rent or more
• Mieterverein MV Rights Information in Gerrman
• Tenancy FAQs in German
• Mietergemeinschaft A - Z of Rights in German
• Here you can find a guide to your tenancy rights in five languages.
• Think you’re paying too much rent? Check out Die Linke’s excessive rent calculator.