Berlin's rent freeze - rooted in growing discontent with large corporate landlords and backed by Berlin's left-leaning Government - has yet to take effect.
BERLIN’S RENT FREEZE didn’t work, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said last night during The Leaders’ Debate on RTÉ One.
The fact is, Berlin’s rent freeze – rooted in growing discontent with large corporate landlords and backed by Berlin’s left-leaning Government – has yet to take effect. “After the wall fell, the subsidies ran dry and Berlin racked up billions of dollars in debt, which the local government attempted to pay down by selling what it could to private companies. That included, from 1997 to 2004, the city’s water utility, half its electricity producers, and more than one-third of its public housing, or about 200,000 apartments.”
“If the rent is above that, Berlin tenants can sue to have their rent lowered, regardless of what it says in their contracts.” Rents fell marginally by 0.1% in the final three months of 2019, according to the report – the first time since the middle of 2012 that rents have not risen quarter-on quarter.In Dublin, Cork and Galway City, rents rose between September and December. Outside major cities, rents fell on average.
“We need to be very careful about responding to that with short-term measures like a rent freeze which could have long-term negative consequences.” Secondly, no measure has been proposed in Berlin to invest in its supply of affordable housing. “We’ve been very clear on this,” said Ó Broin. “You need to ensure that supply continues. I don’t accept the argument that the private sector will withdraw supply because there’s quite a lot of investment coming in.
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