take back The houses of Berlin – that is the goal of the Association “cream of the crop”, dedicated to securing affordable Rent. “We want to be no Initiative, but a practical solution”, says Initiator Hamid Djadda. On Monday, he presented the campaign, which will start in may officially.

The idea: A non-profit Foundation to buy houses whose tenants are threatened by displacement. “The fact that a Foundation must not make any profits, we must increase the Rents – but you can cut even,” says Djadda. As the first case of the Glaser Hans-Jürgen Arnsmann, which workshop should be closed after more than 100 years. The Glaser, the Foundation is stable, cheap Rent guaranteed until the end of his life. In addition, the lease includes a termination by the landlord.

Djadda is a well-known entrepreneur, he also builds the Avus Triübnen

The entrepreneur Djadda stands is, among other things, for the conversion of the Avus responsible. With the company “for such measurements, Rohde Marzipan” he is a problem student in Neukölln.

The example Arnsmann should only be the beginning. Funded by the Foundation should be on the one hand, through interest-free loans: investors lend money to the Foundation, which buys houses for. About the Rent these loans are paid back without interest, but not within years but rather decades. Only over the long period of low Rents are possible. He already worked with several people who don’t have enough money left over to support the idea, says Djadda.

in Parallel to the Foundation through member contributions in the First cream club, and Merchandise to be financed. About for such measurements, Rohde Marzipan Djadda want to sell chocolates, the proceeds of which go to the Foundation.

“I have observed over the years how the people involved – but the Rent just get more

the idea for The Association had came to him, as a long established bakery in Kreuzberg was terminated, says Djadda. “I have observed over the years that many of the initiatives and also politicians in Berlin are involved against rising Rents – but Rents are rising.”

His core thesis is that the policy alone could do nothing against the continuous increases in rents, says Djadda – otherwise they would have done this already. Many of the measures would only treat the symptoms, but not causes. Berlin should be from the problem to the solution, and show how the gentrification can be reversed. To accompany the campaign Djadda brings out the beginning of may, the book “hiring Expensive to abolish”. In it, he describes how, from his point of view, a sustainable change in the current housing market can be achieved.

The Association proposes three solutions

For this, the Association proposes three solutions: The Amendment to the laws, the massive construction of affordable housing and the purchase of real estate by the non-profit Foundation. Also at the country level Djadda one of the concrete demands of its investigation. He called for a five-year break from Rent, during which the Rent should be adjusted for Inflation. In addition, a massive administrative reform was necessary to allow the massive construction of affordable housing.

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