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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 57 points 1 day ago

In a lot of European countries, small private landlords are relatively rare and apartments are owned and let out by corporations that own (and in many cases build) entire developments, like Deutsche Wohnung in Berlin. Given that continental Europe typically has a more stringent regulatory environment than the Anglo-American world, this does not end up with the sort of predatory monopolies one sees in the US where private equity have cornered regional markets, and the landlord companies have support desks and maintenance contractors that can be more responsive and professional than your typical small landlord.

[-] bad1080@piefed.social 12 points 23 hours ago
[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I wish the US had something like Art. 15 of the German Constitution. As for the UK, we are lucky in this regard with the flexibility our lack of rigid constitution offers

[-] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

not a constitution until the people voted on it

[-] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago
[-] bad1080@piefed.social 2 points 22 hours ago

i didn't say that but the german grundgesetzt specifies it's valid until the german population votes on a constitution

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Thats just the replacement mechanism isn't it? Or is it de jure a provisional constitution which was just kept?

[-] bad1080@piefed.social 2 points 17 hours ago

it was put in place under occupation by the western allies after ww2

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