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Red-Green-Red presented an exploratory paper in Berlin that envisages the socialization of large housing groups in order to expropriate living space and place it under public control.
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Exploratory paper from Red-Green-Red Why socialization in Berlin will probably fail
The Left, the SPD and the Greens have presented how they want to socialize large housing companies. But the plan is unlikely to be implemented in the coming legislative period - for two reasons.
By Henning Jauernig
October 19, 2026, 8:06 p.m
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The socialization plan will not be implemented in the coming legislative period.
Likely · Within months

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