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Die Linke won on Berlin. Will they socialise the housing stock of the city’s biggest real-estate companies?
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https://www.theguardian.c…

A leftwing victory in Berlin shows people want freedom, and liberals cannot deliver it
Die Linke’s surge was propelled by a compelling promise: for voters to have the freedom to stay in their city. This is how to fight back against the far right, says writer and philosopher Eva von Redecker

'...property companies, banks and hedge funds profit from vulnerable tenants and their once-affordable homes. It is also a reminder of the failure of politicians to protect the right to “decent and adequate” housing that has been enshrined in the Spanish constitution since 1978.'
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It shouldn’t take the eviction of an 87-year-old to get Spain’s housing crisis fixed
Pédro Sanchez is an admirer of Zohran Mamdani. It’s time Spanish politicians emulated the New York mayor’s relentless focus on affordable homes, says María Ramírez, deputy managing editor of Spanish news outlet elDiario.es

This is an excellent system we've got here.
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Enormous volume of overnight stays in Air BnB in worst EU regions.
Article has interactive map.
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But you never use Air BnB do you?
España bate su récord de reservas de pisos turísticos: el mapa de cómo Airbnb coloniza Europa, región a región

“Maricarmen’s case is just one more example of what happens when housing is put in the hands of landlords. The difference is that a lot of people have become aware of her situation and the tenants’ union has shown that we can fight this type of barbaric behaviour.”
So far this year, 4,000 evictions have been carried out in #Spain.

Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home
Housing rights campaigners decry landlord’s ‘barbaric behaviour’ after apartment Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years was bought by a developer