“Are we heading back to socialism now?” asked Germany’s largest tabloid, Bild, earlier this month. The reason? A referendum initiative in Berlin is seeking to expropriate 200,000 homes from the city’s biggest landlords and convert them into social housing, The Nation reports. The proposal, known as “Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen and Co,” would affect a total of 10 companies, each of which owns at least 3,000 units in the rapidly-gentrifying German capital. “Resistance against gentrification has […]
source https://therealdeal.com/2019/03/28/berlin-activists-want-to-seize-200000-apartments-from-landlords/
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