Berlin election: majority votes to strip 240,000 apartments from landlords

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A majority in Berlin's election just voted to strip 240,000 rentals from major landlords and fight the city's housing crisis

In an unconventional David and Goliath story, pro-housing Berliners just dealt the city's biggest landlords a major blow.

The outcome represents a progressive effort to cool one of Europe's hottest housing markets. Rent prices have surged 13% in the last 12 months, according to Berlin-based real estate firm. Years of underbuilding now leave the city with an apartment shortage of 205,000 units, the firm said. With three-quarters of Berlin residents renting, the lack of sufficient housing supply has powered a stifling jump in rent prices.

 

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