Berlin state cabinet agrees five-year rent freeze
by Associated Press in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#4SZX8)
Proposal to counter rising housing costs still requires approval by state parliament
Berlin's state cabinet has agreed on a rent freeze for five years to counter rising housing costs in the German capital.
The city's leftwing coalition government wants to freeze the rent for apartments built before 2014, according to a report by the German news agency dpa.
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