If the article does not make it clear, in East Germany there are many many cities with a shortage of citizens - not a shortage of houses. http://www.welt.de/wi

If the article does not make it clear, in East Germany there are many many cities with a shortage of citizens - not a shortage of houses. http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article146994158/So-schnell-entvoelkert-Ostdeutschland.html http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article146994158/So-schnell-en... Five Bundesländer there had the population reduced from 14.5 Million down to 12.5 million...