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	tirant 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to n... The reality is that the actual large-scale sell-off of public housing was carried out under the SPD–PDS (now The Left) red-red coalition led by Klaus Wowereit in 2004. for prices of around 30.000€ per unit.
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mschuster91 13 days ago [–]

Which is precisely what I said:

> sold at firesale prices after the CDU Diepgen government thoroughly wrecked the state finances with a banking scandal at the end of the 90s.

Wowereit didn't have much of an alternative, the cash coffers were drained.

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