Fighting the sell off of homes in Berlin
Articles with tag “Housing & Gentrification”
Stop Heimstaden: Tenants fight mega-sale of 4,000 Berlin flats
The residents of Neukölln’s Donaustrasse 107 were in fighting spirit. While they saw off the gloomy weather hanging over their garden party with Glühwein and colourful cakes, they also had a bigger problem to contend with: the grim prospect of falling into the hands of the Scandinavian housing company Heimstaden. “It’s not just about this […]
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
On Berlin’s housing crunch – and responses to it
How a viral Facebook post came to symbolise Berlin’s growing housing crisis
An online advert for a bathroom sublet has a lot to say about the state of housing in the city