Re:Berlin rent cap overturned by Germany's top court
by southerntofu on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:42AM
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> How is it that rents are so high and yet there are empty housing units?
Rents are so high BECAUSE there are empty housing units. If all available housing units went on the market, rent prices would collapse along with the real-estate speculative bubble, which is precisely what landlords are trying to avoid.
Rents are so high BECAUSE there are empty housing units. If all available housing units went on the market, rent prices would collapse along with the real-estate speculative bubble, which is precisely what landlords are trying to avoid.