I live in Berlin, too. The argument is "but people need to live here because of the jobs" - but if they move here because of the jobs, the jobs are obviously pa

I live in Berlin, too. The argument is "but people need to live here because of the jobs" - but if they move here because of the jobs, the jobs are obviously paying enough. The people who want the government to pay their rent now don't have jobs, so the logic doesn't apply. The social security allowance is the same everywhere in Germany, and actually it is "rent+health insurance+extra" so it even adapts to the rent. The "basic need" is covered and they could live in a cheaper place with no issue whatsoever. In fact they are driving up the prices for people who actually have jobs here in Berlin. You know fully well that nobody in Germany needs to go homeless. No German citizens anyway. The homeless you see mostly have mental health issues or are illegal immigrants who can't apply for social security. More could be done to help, to be sure, but the issue is not high rents.