The housing shortage and housing policy - a central issue in the upcoming Berlin election campaign and the lead story in the latest issue of VBKI-Spiegel (Verein Berliner Kaufleute und Industrieller (VBKI) is one of the oldest economic institutions in Germany).
In an interview on pages 42–43, our Berlin-based Andersen expert Dr. Martin Fleckenstein discusses the reasons behind the sluggish planning and approval processes and ways to address them, particularly through administrative reform.
You can find the interview here: VBKI-Spiegel