Rent Freeze #1: The Experiment

"Saving Culture" is Season 2 of Radio Spaetkauf's Collaboration with the EAB - Europäische Akademie Berlin. In Episode three "What is a Museum? And Why?" we explore how cultural institutions and individuals can or should adapt their behaviors and principles. Host Daniel Stern and ...  Show more

For the first time, Berlin's Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district has fined a landlord for charging exploitative rent—190% above the legal limit set by the local rental index, or Mietspiegel, which applies in areas with particularly strained housing markets. The tenant now has the o ...  Show more

Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, co-founders of the LA Tenants Union, join Breht to discuss their organizing and their new book "Abolish Rent". Together, they discuss the housing crisis, the role played by private equity, developers, politicians, and landlords, the histor ...

A new proposal from the Biden administration calls for a nationwide cap on rent increases. Economists think that’s a terrible idea. We revisit a 2019 episode to hear why.

Dane thought about buying rentals for ten years before he finally got started. On this episode, we talk about: Turning his primary home into a rental How making a big sacrifice early on helped him get started. He faced some of the challenges with investing out-of-state. We figure ...  Show more

YERRR – Zohran Mamdani pulled up and the boys got political in the most Flagrant way possible. From NYC rent wars to taking on Albany, Mamdani’s not pulling punches.We’re talkin’:– NYC Cost of living crisis– Rent control, red tape, and housing as a human right– Opposition from th ...  Show more