{
  "id": 1705247,
  "title": "Why an unresolved housing referendum is shaping Berlin’s election campaign",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/why-an-unresolved-housing-referendum-is-shaping-berlins-election-1705247",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:44:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany-thelocal",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20260818/why-an-unresolved-housing-referendum-is-shaping-berlins-election-campaign"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A significant force in Berlin's coming September election is a 2021 vote to expropriate 240,000 apartments from large, for-profit housing companies. Here's what the debate is about, and what could happen next.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}