There are moves afoot to change things in the housing rental sector across Europe and especially in Berlin, Germany. There are moves afoot to block the changes suggested for housing rental properties in Berlin, Germany. What is especially interesting about these two actions is that they are political, and partially from the same political parties. The main political party elected to govern the City of Berlin, Die Linke, has been forced into building a coalition with two other political parties, the Sozialdemokratische Partie Deutschlands (SPD) and Bündnis 90 / die Grünen, in order to gain a parliamentary majority. Whether a working coalition will come to be remains to be seen,…