Berliners Demonstrate Against 'Rent Sharks' In Fight Over Rising Costs
A housing advocacy group is collecting signatures hoping for a transfer of some of the city's residential rental properties to public ownership.
by Cat Schuknecht
Apr 08, 2019
2 minutes
A skeletal shark wound its way through the streets of Berlin, pursuing unlikely prey – the city's renters.
The makeshift "rent shark" was held aloft by participants in a demonstration against rent increases in Germany's capital city, Berlin, over the weekend.
Thousands attended the march, which was organized by an affordable housing
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