This is interesting as Berlin, Germany is also set to pass a five-year rent freeze to address tenant concerns and rising gentrification. I always attributed to

This is interesting as Berlin, Germany is also set to pass a five-year rent freeze to address tenant concerns and rising gentrification. I always attributed to the fact that Berlin for some years has had a pretty left-leaning state/city government and the fact that Europeans are more willing to try things like this. As an American living here, I never thought I'd see such a large scale action back in the States. Is it now 'global' zeitgeist at this point to make moves like this?