A majority of voters in Berlin wants city hall to expropriate major landlords such as Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen to help reduce rents in the German capital, provisional referendum results showed on Monday.

:rat-salute: at least to berlin

Giffey confirmed her earlier stance rejecting expropriations but said the referendum's results should be respected.

"I am still of the opinion that expropriations do not help to create even a single new apartment or solve the big question of affordable housing," she told the ARD broadcaster on Monday.

Giffey called on the Berlin government to draft a bill and conduct a legal review of it. "Such a draft then has to be checked and if it is not constitutional, then we cannot do it."

Nevertheless, based berlin