Germany has a property issue not a migration issue.
<p>I packed my bags and came to Berlin with my partner without a place to stay. We thought we’d make it work. Back home in South Africa, if you want to move apartments you can call up an estate agent and get a private viewing later that week. Then a new home is yours the following week. This was our assumption for Berlin. We were dead-wrong.</p>
<p>I want to offer an outsider’s perspective on the property situation in Berlin. This is important because Germany is wanting to attract foreign workers and introducing their Chancekarte (or “green card”). Getting to Germany while difficult, was a piece of cake relative to finding a place to live.</p>
<p>There is one apartment for every 8 new people coming to Berlin*. This is unsustainable.</p>
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