In spite of the rains, in accordance to the organizers, more than a thousand people shown in Berlin for a alter in housing coverage. “We had logged 1,500, it could have been a minor extra,” said a spokesman for the alliance from displacement and hire madness. A dpa reporter spoke of “hundreds of participants”, the police a “three-digit common number at the beginning of the demonstration”.

The protest march as element of the European “Housing Action Day 2021” moved from Alexanderplatz through Moritzplatz to Kreuzberg’s Mariannenplatz.

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The protesters displayed posters with slogans these as “Excellent residences for all people”, “The residences for all those who stay in them” and “Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen”. The folders wore luminous vests with the take note “Mask and distance”, which according to the dpa reporter, almost everyone adhered. As a result, the law enforcement were clearly seen. “Every little thing has been peaceful so significantly,” a law enforcement spokeswoman claimed following the demonstration started out at midday.