In apartment since 1989

Suddenly deregistered: Wiener was living as a “submarine”

Without realizing it, a Viennese man lived for years without a proper registered address (symbolic image).

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The 39-year-old had no idea that he had not been registered at any address for many years. He only found out thanks to the climate bonus.

Mohamed O. has lived in the same council apartment since he was four years old. At that time, he was also registered at the address, as evidenced by a registration form from 1989. It never occurred to the Viennese that this might have changed. It was only when he was not supposed to receive a climate bonus that he found out he no longer had a valid registration address.