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Berlin law: no more whole apartments for tourists

 

A law passed two years ago banning Berlin tourists from renting entire apartments  and houses through Airbnb and other online rental portals went into effect May 1. German city's authorities are hoping this law will keep rents as low as possible. There was a two year transition period that ended April 30.

Now non-city residents will now only be only allowed to rent out rooms  via online portals. Violators who still rent whole places can be fined up to €100,000. Already, Airbnb listings dropped by 40% .

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While I am sorry that it will now be more difficult to find a legally-rentable apartment on my next visit, I do recognize that regulation of businesses has been a part of government for a long time...both under capitalism and under the divine right of kings, and before.

And housing is a business, as vital a one as water and lighting. And incidentally, one in which the tenants subletting the apartments to tourists are NOT the property owners.

The issue there, and in my neighborhood, and countless others, is that it is not healthy for a city to have its residents driven away or unhoused by an auction in which those with more money outbid the working residents for a place to stay.

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