Reiner Wild (67), Chairman of the Berlin Tenants’ Association Photo: Charles Yunck
From BZ/dpa
The Berlin Tenants’ Association does not want to sign the agreement negotiated in the Alliance for New Housing and Affordable Housing.
The managing director of the association, Reiner Wild, said on Monday in the rbb24 info radio. “The main reason for this is that, from our point of view, the real estate industry has not accommodated us enough,” he criticized.
“We also see that the agreement that is found there is very non-binding,” said Wild. “Something of substance should have come here.” What was agreed was simply not enough. Above all, there was a lack of instruments for the case of new rentals. “And that’s where the rents are particularly high,” said Wild.
The Berlin Alliance for New Housing and Affordable Housing will present the results of the negotiations over the past few months on Monday afternoon in the Rotes Rathaus. The aim of the agreed measures is to significantly accelerate housing construction in the capital in view of the housing shortage and to slow down further rent increases.
The participants in the alliance round include representatives from politics, the housing industry and associations.
