High rents in large cities exacerbate the shortage of skilled workers

The rental price for WG rooms in Germany is rising: the average in Germany is almost 500 euros, in big cities it can be much more. This applies especially to students. Residential homes are often cheaper, but associated with long waiting times.

Restaurants, shops, theatres, jobs: big cities have a lot to offer, if not the high rents. Many do not want to participate in the struggle for apartments anymore – with consequences for the economy.

Gastronomy, shopping, culture, jobs: big cities offer a lot if they weren't for the high rents. Some people move away because of this, a survey shows – with consequences for the economy.

The sometimes extremely rising rents in many German cities make not only tenants and housing seekers to create. They also become more and more a problem for companies. For many employees, high housing costs are a reason to reject job offers - or to move away.

Housing and renting have become a central anchor of class political mobilization — and with good reason. More and more people have to pay an ever larger share of their income for housing or fight to find affordable housing at all. The situation is particularly tense in large cities; in Berlin, the amount of rent required when concluding new contracts has doubled over the last ten years. But this development does not follow any law of nature: “Re…

If you are currently looking for a rental apartment, you can safely say that you are not alone. According to EjendomDanmark, an interest organization for property owners and administrators – that is, landlords – the demand for rental housing has reached its highest level in ten years. And this is an effect of another movement in the housing market. - Owner-occupied housing prices have risen in the big cities. People are being pressured into priv…