The rent cap is gone, but rents remain a controversial topic in Berlin: After the controversial instrument has been phased out, the debate about fair housing policy starts all over again.
The red-red-green Senate, entered with the promise of a "respite" on the housing market, failed at the Constitutional Court.
Tenants now bear the damage.
In this voice-catching episode you hear a 21-year-old who has to pay more than 1000 euros in rent and has now applied for Hartz IV.
A landlord representative who calls for more social housing and warns of expropriation fantasies.
And an activist who wants to socialize 250,000 apartments in Berlin alone.
Above all, there is the question: How can living in Germany be fairer?
Rents have risen sharply in recent years, especially in large cities.
The differences to rural areas have increased.
Politically, it has so far not been possible to counter this effectively.
A few months before the federal election, the Berlin case also fuels the question of a nationwide reform.
Because the current rental price brake was obviously not sufficient - which is also due to a fundamental flaw in the system: the rent index, the basis of the brake, is not reliable in many places.
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