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1. soonnow · 1789971698 · focus · HN ↗

   To add a b it of context. They do not want to confiscate housing. They do want to pay landlords, though below current (very high) rates. Also this would only apply to private real-estate companies not individual owners.

   And they can't govern alone, so I think it's unlikely that this plan is actually implemented as originally planned. The likely coalition would contain 3 parties.

   1. dirasieb · 1789972590 · focus · HN ↗

      >it's not confiscation, you're just forced to sell at a price i decide is fair

      sound logic

      1. paganel · 1789972686 · focus · HN ↗

         You need sound logic against the evils of neo-liberalism, there's nothing logic about housing being as expensive as it now is.

         1. giacomoforte · 1789972942 · focus · HN ↗

            It's a reflection of the demand from people who want to live in Berlin.

            1. 698969 · 1789977125 · focus · HN ↗

               Correction: It's a reflection of demand from people who already live in Berlin. That's who were allowed to vote in the referendum.

               They don't care about the elasticity of the market, or the demand from people who would want to live in Berlin in the future.

               They already have an apartment, and at pretty low prices because nearly everything built before 2014 is subject to rent control,

               I'd guess most people just voted for it because in their eyes "government promised to take apartment from my landlord and lower my rent even more".

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