In September 2021, 59.1% of Berliners voted for the expropriation of large housing groups and for the socialization of these housing stocks. For the first time in forty years, a social movement in Germany achieved such a mobilization for public and democratic ownership. But the movement won even more than a successful referendum. “Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen and Co.” has once again put the ownership issue on the political agenda.

In our contribution to the current “State of Power Report” by the renowned international think tank Transnational Institute, we draw lessons from the successes of the tenants’ movement in Berlin for the socialization and democratization of the energy sector. You can read the whole article – in English – on the tni website.