Posted on 09/26/2021 7:09:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BERLIN — Voters in the German capital have backed a proposal for the Berlin regional government to take over nearly 250,000 apartments worth billions from corporate owners to curb rising rents.
A nearly complete count of Sunday’s referendum showed 56.4% of voters in favor of the measure, and 39% opposed.
The non-binding referendum forces the Berlin government to consider consider expropriating big landlords in a radical move to cool one of Germany’s hottest real estate markets, where rents have become unaffordable for many residents in recent years.
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Plank #1 of the Communist Manifesto: Abolition of private property rights.
http://www.laissez-fairerepublic.com/TenPlanks.html
But it worked so well for years in East Berlin. Oh wait
If we ever have to go back over there to save them(if we so choose), when we are done we need to bring all Americans home, all equipemnt and let then figure how to rebuild on their own, how to finance it and how to govern. Everybody wants something, but is not willing to work for it. Just “give me”!!
If the rents are unaffordable, who is living in these apartments? Aren’t they just empty?
fully predictable. People will vote for their own self interest when it is a short term solution to their survival. They might think about it if they conservative or liberal if it involves principle.
Rents are mostly based on supply and demand after they reach the point of expenses and some profit for all the hassle.
If the rents are actuality extreme compared to expenses then Obviously there is a supply problem. This would drastically increase the supply problem.
Eviction freezes in the US have drastically decreased the number of new rentals available. Because anyone landlord who is smart gets out when they have the chance. Smaller rental properties are converted into non-rental properties.
Is it the free market when corporations like Blackrock can pay over market price and price consumers out of the housing market?
hmmmm ... so they want to kill the goose to get the last apartment buildings out ... but then no more new apartment buildings will be laid ...
Anyone who believes government can make anything more affordable or increase supply or quality is a fool.
Especially for the invading Muslims and Africans. I left after the first bog wave of invaders. It was madness. They were filthy violent i vaders being put up in nice hotels and apartments at the expense of the native German. As with America, Germans are second class citizens and the invading African is to be worshipped and coddled.
“A pastry?”
German sausage-making ain’t pretty.
Excellent! This looks like something from The People’s Cube website.
Yes it is. Nobody is “entitled” to a friggin single family home, Tucker Carlson.
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