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When it comes to housing should we do what the Berliners do?

Berlin voters are demanding the city buy out corporate landlords of up to 240,000 apartments in a...

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07.33 28 Sep 2021


When it comes to housing should we do what the Berliners do?


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Berlin voters are demanding the city buy out corporate landlords of up to 240,000 apartments in a bid to tackle rising rents. Would a similar measure help our own housing crisis too? For more on this Ciara spoke to Dr. Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor of Social Policy at Maynooth University and Author of Housing Shock; The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve It.

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