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Yeah, not everyone has to live in Berlin. Better that the current citizens have reasonable living conditions than everyone paying through their nose. Everyone
by blub 7y ago
Yeah, not everyone has to live in Berlin. Better that the current citizens have reasonable living conditions than everyone paying through their nose.
Everyone knows about supply and demand, few know what the situation's like in Berlin or even care to find out before supplying us with economic platitudes for which there is little if any demand at all.
- cperciva 7y agoBetter that the current citizens have reasonable living conditions... What makes current citizens more deserving than the people who want to live in Berlin but won't be able to due to policies which reduce the supply of housing?
- blub 7y agoAssuming they have a home in Berlin, the fact that they already live there makes them deserving. A home is unlike any other material good and the basis of securing a livelihood, it should not be allowed to exploit tenants for profit. AirBnB'ers and other speculators are of course not deserving at all.
- oh_sigh 7y agoPeople who own and live in their home in Berlin aren't affected by a rent freeze though. It is only renters, who by definition do not own where they live.
- blub 7y agoI used "home" in the metaphorical sense in my former comment. A roof over one's head, place where one lives, etc. One of the pillars of our lives, even in times such as these, where people move around much more.