On average, you can rent a 50 square meter apartment in Berlin for HUF 275,000. Thousands of Germans took to the streets in protest, demanding affordable rents and a fair housing policy.
Thousands protested in Berlin against high rents and forced evictions. According to the police, there were 4,000 protesters, according to the organizers, 12,000. They demanded a radical change in the housing policy, the maximization of rents at the national level and the prohibition of breaking the contract - in cases where the owners want to use the property for their own purposes.
According to dpa.com , they also demanded the implementation of a referendum in 2021, in which 59 percent of voters demanded the state ownership of real estate companies with more than three thousand apartments in Berlin.
More than half of Germans live in rented accommodation, 80 percent of Berlin's population rents their apartments.
According to a recently published report, rents have risen by more than 18 percent, to nearly 14 euros per square meter, which means HUF 5,500 per square meter, reports Euronews .
Source: economx
Photo: anews.com.tr
