Report on Hearing #8 – Initiative Forum
Many houses that were built in the post-war years and whose construction was subsidized by the state still offer affordable housing today. In inner-city locations, they arouse the interest of the real estate industry: After demolition, the plots can be built on with condominiums or high-priced rental apartments such as micro-apartments. What needs to happen so that the tenants are protected and the houses are preserved was the topic of the eighth hearing of the IniForum.
The representatives of the participating initiatives were Daniel Dieckmann from IG Habersaathstraße and Wolfgang Home Maintenance Mahnke as well as Klaus Helmerichs from MieterWerkStadt Charlottenburg, flanked by Sebastian Bartels, Managing Director of the Berlin Tenants’ Association. Participants representing the Senate and the House of Representatives were: Ülker Radziwill (SPD), State Secretary for Tenant Protection and Neighbourhood Development, Katrin Schmidberger, Spokesperson for Housing, Rents and Budget Policy, Julian Schwarze, Spokesperson for Urban Development, Tourism and Club Culture (both Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) and Katalin Gennburg, Spokesperson for Urban Development and Building, Environment and Tourism (Die Linke). The hearing was moderated by Anastasia Blinzov.
Sebastian Bartels introduced the topic, which he described as a “social, housing policy dilemma” and which should also be considered from an ecological … Read the rest

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