Overview

• Raed Saleh emphasizes the Vergesellschaftungsrahmengesetz is designed for communal economy and regulatory measures, not seizure of assets, to address high housing and living costs.
• Economics Senator Franziska Giffey rejects any expropriation of companies and says the bill will bolster communal management in housing and tackle extreme market abuses.
• The draft law invokes Article 15 of the Basic Law to enable statutory price regulations, profit limitations and other forms of communal economic use.
• CDU leader Kai Wegner cautions that talk of expropriation unsettles investors, threatens jobs and undermines confidence in Berlin’s business appeal.
• Coalition partners are negotiating final provisions after the SPD’s July draft drew criticism for lack of CDU coordination and unclear property-rights safeguards.