LIVE: Berliners protest Constitutional Court’s decision to overturn Berlin’s rent cap

Ruptly is live from Berlin’s Hermannplatz on Thursday, April 15, as demonstrators protest against Germany’s Constitutional Court’s ruling to overturn Berlin’s housing rent cap law (Mietendeckel). Legislation freezing rent prices for five years came into force in Berlin on November 23, 2020. The freeze protected against rent increases for 1.5 million non-rent-controlled apartments, excluding social housing and newly-built apartments, forcing landlords to cut rents for more than 300,000 tenants. On Thursday, the constitutional court said “there is no room for the legislative power of the federal states due to the power of federal law to block it.“ #Berlin #BerlinHousingProtest #Mietendeckel #Germany