Berlin’s vote to take properties from big landlords could be a watershed moment

Berlin’s vote to take properties from big landlords could be a watershed moment

The successful referendum to expropriate the city’s apartments from corporate landlords is a potential template for EuropeWith coalition talks that could last months under way to form Germany’s next government, the reverberations of Sunday’s election will be felt for quite a while. But one of the most significant developments in voters’ weekend trip to the polls was a local referendum in Berlin, which strongly endorsed a campaign to expropriate …