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In Berlin, soaring rents take center stage in an election campaign dominated by the radical left

In 13 years, median rents in the German capital have more than doubled. Die Linke, the left-wing party advocating for the nationalization of 220,000 homes owned by institutional investors, leads the polls just one week ahead of the September 20 elections in the city-state of Berlin.

In Berlin, soaring rents take center stage in an election campaign dominated by the radical left

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