[AndreyErmakov]

Something like living in a flat infested with insects, walls not properly isolated making it pretty cold in winter with the heating set on maximum so you need to sleep in a sweater and a jacket, broken electrical wiring and the lights shutting down every now and again, a mixer that could not deliver a constant temperature water stream. Loud music, smoking, a construction place less than 100 meters away. Was my reality in Stuttgart. Couldn't find anything better. Or, more to the point, I could but that would necessitate a salary of 80-90K to be able to pay back whatever expenses such a rental would incur.

I know of course that even by German standards it's a luxury. Many working people (non-IT) can only afford a room.

Sometimes I think the government really needs to step in and cap the rental prices to 1/3 of the average salary in the area. Otherwise that inflation never ends.