Rental Property and Cohabitation: Your Legal Questions

Questioner

My friend owns a house and is therefore also registered in his municipality. I want to rent a free sector house but my gross salary is not sufficient. If I include my friend's details I do qualify, but the house will then be registered in both names. Question 1: can the landlord demand that my friend also registers with the new municipality? Question 2: Does this cause problems for the house and my friend's tax refund?

Lawyer

Question 1) Yes, the landlord can even demand that the co-tenant actually lives in the rented property, that is a standard condition and Question 2) Yes, because then one no longer meets the requirements of 'own home' and interest deduction.