Berlin targets big landlords with rent freeze

Shares in German landlord Deutsche Wohnen have fallen by almost a fifth in two weeks following news that Berlin’s senate has approved a draft bill for a rent freeze.

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Berliners have been squeezed by sharp rent increases

The German capital is set to freeze rents for five years

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