Berlin's battle to evict landlords serves as a warning to London
3 years, 3 months ago

Berlin's battle to evict landlords serves as a warning to London

The Telegraph  

Cries to “respect the vote” have echoed across the Western world over the past few years as political opinion becomes increasingly divided. Last week Berliners took to the polls in a vote to expropriate over 200,000 privately owned rental flats from corporate landlords. As Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, openly mulls rent controls for the capital, questions are being raised from afar over whether similar policies would work on home soil with Britain facing its own housing shortage crisis. “Expropriating properties might sound tempting, but spending €36bn on buying out big landlords won’t do much to help squeezed renters,” says Ant Breach, a researcher at Centre for Cities, a London-based think tank focusing on urban policy.

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Berliners in favor of measure to expropriate 240,000 flats
3 years, 3 months ago

Berliners in favor of measure to expropriate 240,000 flats

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Voters in Berlin backed a controversial proposal for the Berlin city government to take over about 240,000 apartments worth billions from corporate owners to curb sharply rising rents in the German capital. The count of Sunday’s referendum showed that 56.4% of voters were in favor of the expropriation measure, while 39% were opposed, German news agency dpa reported …

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