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Expropriate housing corporations: will renting become cheaper as a result?
Published September 23, 2026
Real game changer or just symbol politics? What's up with the idea of socializing housing corporations?
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Expropriate housing corporations: will renting become cheaper as a result?
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Real game changer or just symbol politics? What's up with the idea of socializing housing corporations?
Berlin's "Die Linke" party wants to expropriate housing corporations. But would renting really make it cheaper? We examine what the plan would mean for tenants, the housing market and the state and why experts doubt the effect. In addition, we are looking at other ways out of the housing crisis and at a smart idea that could quickly create new living space.
🔗 Further information and sources can be found here:
Landesrechnungshof Berlin 2024: Advisory report on the impact of a socialisation of large housing companies on the state budget.
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln: Auswirkungen der Vergesellschaftung privater Wohnungsunternehmen in Berlin.
Die Linke - Landesverband Berlin: Affordable rents for everyone! Socialization makes it possible.
ARD Sounds: Our plus/minus sequence on the rental price brake.
NDR Info: Podcast "Ten Minutes of Economics".
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Hosts: Anna Planken @anna.planken & David Ahlf @davidihrswisst
Author: Leonie Thim
Expert: Interview with Prof. Rudolph Hierl, Architect, Munich
Editor of this episode: Christian Sachsinger
Technique: Johannes Kabatnik
Distribution: Pola Nathusius, Joshua Ehrenberg, Fabio Homann
Graphic: Matthias Recht, Marcel Carlberg
Product team: Sina Rosenkranz, Anna Siefert, Sarah Pache, Lena Appel, Katharina Fortenbacher-Jahn
Head: Julia Görs, Silvia Renauer, Frank Christian Starke
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9/24/2026, 12:01 AM
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9/24/2026, 12:01 AM
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Anna Planks
David Ahlf
Interview with
Prof. Rudolph Hierl
Auteur
Leonie Thim
editor
Christian Sachsinger
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