Rent cap law in Berlin
Fighting gentrification in Berlin – the experience of Deutsche Wohnen & CO Enteignen
Phil Butland, a member of the Right2TheCity campaign in Berlin, reflects on the historic referendum on expropriating landlords, the efforts by those in power to place obstacles and what lies ahead for the movement
Berliners win vote to expropriate housing from corporate landlords. What’s next?
Berlin’s housing referendum became possible after years of struggle to make housing in the city affordable and available to all again. To understand the issue and the movement that led to this vote, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Anisia Petcu.
Berliners protest striking down of rent cap law by constitutional court
Housing rights groups and activists took to the streets after Germany’s constitutional court struck down a law passed by the Berlin State government freezing rents at June 2019 levels for five years
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