The DMB-Mieterverein Stuttgart und Umgebung e.V. is a non-profit tenants’ association based in Stuttgart, Germany. Its stated purpose is to protect members’ interests in rental and housing matters and to advocate social housing policy and social tenancy law at municipal, state and federal levels.12 The organisation says it has worked for tenants’ rights since 1900 and serves about 30,000 members in and around Stuttgart. (The founding year and membership figure are from the organisation information supplied with the request.)
Its main office is at Moserstraße 5 in Stuttgart-Mitte, and it also lists advice offices in Bad Cannstatt, Filderstadt-Bernhausen, Ditzingen and Leonberg.4 The association is part of the German Tenants’ Association network, alongside more than 320 local tenants’ associations.11
Members can seek advice from tenancy-law specialists and receive help with correspondence to landlords. The association also provides a heating and hot-water cost check through an energy adviser, and information on rental and housing law. Its work is led by chair and managing director Ralf Brodda; the listed deputy chairs are Katharina Rudel and Alexander Englmann.3 Its services are directed principally at tenants in Stuttgart and the surrounding area, while its housing-policy advocacy also addresses state and federal levels.12