Good, affordable housing is a basic requirement for a liveable life in the city. For a long time, Berlin was considered a prime example of this – plenty of space, moderate rents, a contrast to cities like London.
However, in this episode, our guest, urban researcher Dr. Tim White, reveals a loophole in the law that is shaking this very image.
With the help of the construct of “temporary furnished housing,” rent control limits are circumvented – with noticeable consequences for Berliners.
Together with Robert Keeling and Sabine Pusch, Tim White speaks at the traditional Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London – a place with its own history of housing and non-housing.
We look back at the development of housing policy and ownership in Berlin and London and discuss how existing loopholes in the law are strategically used by large landlords today – and what we can do about it.
🎧 Listen now – wherever you get podcasts.
Podigee: https://londonberlindemocracy.podigee.io/3-neue-episode
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4dmYKgG6DfR9cattUR6Vmj
