Overview

• Coalition leaders Dirk Stettner of the CDU and Raed Saleh of the SPD agreed on key points for the framework law over the weekend.
• The framework will establish fair compensation principles and define triggers for state takeover of housing, water and energy providers.
• The legislature plans to introduce a draft to the Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus by December 2025, with the law effective at least two years after publication pending constitutional review.
• The CDU remains opposed to mandatory expropriation; the SPD sees it as a tool to address market failures and the city’s housing shortage.
• The initiative Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen has called the proposal a 'distraction maneuver' that will not lower rents or socialize any apartments.