ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the renewed housing question with the Berlin case. Berlin is not only the German capital but also the largest city of the most powerful country in the European Union (EU). Aside from being one of the largest rental cities in the EU, Berlin possesses several notorious markers of displaced survival. First, it has generally experienced some of the highest levels of unemployment compared to the rest of Germany, especially since the 1990s1. Second, it is known as the homeless capital of the country. Third, Berlin received the highest number of refugees in the most recent wave of large migration flows than any other country in the EU. Fourth, since the early 2000s, Berlin residents have registered some of the highest rates of overindebtedness compared to the rest of the country, only behind Bremen and Sachsen-Anhalt.
