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The SPD top candidate for the Berlin House of Representatives, Franziska Giffey, rejects an extension of the rent cap.
"The rent cap is limited to five years, and it is important that we say very clearly that this is not automatic, this is a breathing space that is now available," she said on the RBB television program "Talk from Berlin".
The time must be used for more new construction, also with partners from the private sector.
The topic must be a matter for the boss.
After the five years of the rent cap, “you have to find other ways so that investors don't say I'm going somewhere else,” said Giffey.
Your priority in creating affordable housing in Berlin is new construction.
Last year, 18,999 apartments were completed in Berlin.
That is a good value.
"But if we want to combat this housing shortage, we have to go beyond that," Giffey continued.
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The Federal Minister for Family Affairs has been co-chair of the SPD regional association since the end of November and wants to become the governing mayor next year.
According to the nationwide unique and controversial law on the rent cap, the rents for around 1.5 million apartments are frozen at the June 2019 level.
Excessive existing rents have had to be reduced since November.