> it is not going to happen if they allow systematic exclusion* and abuse of expats that are trying to settle in the city.
I don't think its deliberate exclusion/racism as you say.
When we looked we always found that there were other people more deserving than us. Like a pregnant couple with baby always needs more room more than us. If you are German, speak German, and are going to live here a long time, it makes more sense for landlord. If you don't earn a tech salary you will struggle to find anything within the city, so you are probably more deserving.
The tech foreigners usually can pay more, they just see cheaper rents that they can't get because of rent control and feel hard done-by.
If Berlin was your city, Germany your country, would you prioritize apartments for the wealthy tech people over the teachers for example?
All that matters should be how likely the person is able to pay the rent and not damage/burn down the apartment/disturb the neighbors.
> would you prioritize apartments for the wealthy tech people over the teachers
I am not German so I am not sure how to answer that. Logic says someone that earns extremely well, has unlimited working contract and is educated very well is a very good candidate, just as a public worker. But, for some reason, the applications that I have sent in German, even though the company representative (or very rarely the owner) is able to speak English, got 10 times more responses. Go figure.
I don't think its deliberate exclusion/racism as you say.
When we looked we always found that there were other people more deserving than us. Like a pregnant couple with baby always needs more room more than us. If you are German, speak German, and are going to live here a long time, it makes more sense for landlord. If you don't earn a tech salary you will struggle to find anything within the city, so you are probably more deserving.
The tech foreigners usually can pay more, they just see cheaper rents that they can't get because of rent control and feel hard done-by.
If Berlin was your city, Germany your country, would you prioritize apartments for the wealthy tech people over the teachers for example?