Berlin Buys Apartments for $2.9 Billion to Quell Housing Anger
- City authorities agree to deal days before housing referendum
- Surging rents has become a hot-button issue across Germany
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Berlin agreed to buy 14,750 apartments from Germany’s two biggest landlords for 2.46 billion euros ($2.9 billion) as public pressure to counter rising rents intensifies.