Activists in Berlin have a plan to deal with “rent sharks” who hoard vast property holdings and squeeze tenants for higher rent: “Activists have started collecting signatures for a ballot proposal that would require the city to take back properties from any landlord that owns more than 3,000 apartments. Polls suggest such a measure could pass, forcing the city to consider spending billions of euros buying privatized housing back.” Is this where Melbourne will be after the Andrews Government privautises public housing?
10 April 2019