Overview
- Steffen Krach, the SPD’s prospective lead candidate, says Berlin must better regulate the rental market and empower the state to meet public-service obligations.
- He argues for intervention tools when flats sit vacant for speculative reasons or when landlords let buildings decay and push tenants out.
- Krach counters concerns about a planned socialization framework law by saying no company needs to fear being expropriated.
- He promises an intensive, neighborhood-focused campaign, acknowledges past SPD mistakes in Berlin, and says he hopes to campaign with ex-mayor Klaus Wowereit.
- The Abgeordnetenhaus election is set for September 2026 in a CDU–SPD governed city, and Krach aims to unseat CDU Mayor Kai Wegner at the Rotes Rathaus.