Not sure if this is case in Germany, but in many european countries there are huge property holdings owned by cities or goverment. In my case (Brno, Czech rep.

Not sure if this is case in Germany, but in many european countries there are huge property holdings owned by cities or goverment. In my case (Brno, Czech rep.) the city is by far largest landlord, holding double digits of available housing. Most of those places have very low rent, but it is hard to get the place.