Berlin election: Expropriations in Berlin? The capital's election campaign turns into a rent battle
The housing shortage is dominating the Berlin state election, at the forefront: the Left and its plan for expropriations. Yet the rental market is already over-regulated, and investors are frustrated.
A group of activists has gathered on a lawn in front of the Reichstag in Berlin to petition for a nationwide rent cap. Elif Eralp, the top candidate of the Berlin Left Party, addressed the crowd, stating that the housing crisis is the biggest crisis in the city and the country. She advocates for state-regulated rents and the socialization of large housing stocks from real estate companies.
The Left Party is currently in a close race with the CDU ahead of the Berlin House of Representatives election next Sunday, with the party polling at 21 percent. Eralp, a lawyer of Turkish descent, could potentially become the first Left Party candidate to become the Governing Mayor of Berlin.
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