Berlin‘s housing crisis is not a crisis of lack of supply, but rather a crisis of over speculation and terrible planning. This house in Köpenick is completely empty and available for rent.
Here’s the developers listings site: https://www.westfalia-immobilien.de/immobilienfilter/?cmwp\_search\_nonce=b123ec3e67&nutzungsart=28&bundesland=210&stadt=229&cm\_nettokaltmiete-max=9999999999&cm\_warmmiete-max=9999999999&cm\_gesamtflaeche-max=9999999999&init-results=1
Long story short, a 42sqm apartment costs 1.055 Euros per month warm. A price nobody in Berlin can afford, clearly. This is just one example of the empty, overpriced apartments in the city and trust me, there are many.
This is not some accident, or some crisis which has caused this, this is the result of an ideology which is completely out of touch with the reality. The crisis is neoliberal thinking perpetuated by politicians and parties such as the CDU or the SPD, they caused this by being completely out of touch.
The solution to this is very simple…Expropriation. There is no way the private individuals will address the needs of the masses. Never. Only the state governed with a mindset of putting people’s needs first will address this issue.
In September, vote for a party who will address this issue properly. It can be solved so easily. Don’t let anyone tell you the answer is somewhat complicated. It’s really not.