Opinion: London could learn a lot from renters in Berlin who want to ban big landlords

Investment in the city is a good thing, but it’s not an unqualified boon, and as Berlin has shown, it’s possible to put citizens’ needs above commercial interests without terrible consequences

in recent years, snapping up homes that could have gone to first-time buyers, and pushing up prices for the rest of us at the same time.

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