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 \u2013 plenty of space, moderate rents, a contrast to cities like London. <\/p>\n\n
However, in this episode, our guest, urban researcher Dr. Tim White, reveals a loophole in the law that is shaking this very image.<\/p>\n\n
With the help of the construct of “temporary furnished housing,” rent control limits are circumvented \u2013 with noticeable consequences for Berliners.<\/p>\n\n
Together with Robert Keeling and Sabine Pusch, Tim White speaks at the traditional Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London \u2013 a place with its own history of housing and non-housing.<\/p>\n\n
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 \u2013 and what we can do about it.<\/p>\n\n
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Podigee: https:\/\/londonberlindemocracy.podigee.io\/3-neue-episode<\/a><\/p>\n\n