[Vinnl]

Thanks, I hadn't realised that obviously existing landlords might stop renting out a place, which would reduce supply of housing - that could be problematic.

It also mentions that apartments got transformed into condos. This might be a problem with my not being a native speaker, but: if one apartment is turned into multiple condos, isn't it able to house more people? (Though being "new" housing, I suppose they'd then be able to ask higher rents again?)

[esarbe]

Since there's already some effort to confiscate property that's been empty for too long, I doubt too many landladies in Berlin will dare to go that route.

I could be wrong.

Relevant article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-housing/berlin-ac...

[kaybe]

Yes, it can house more people, but you can also demand a lot more for the same area in smaller units, so rent per square metre goes up.