# Housing crisis drives voters to the streets — and radical solutions

https://mins.news/en/video/92634

- DW News, 2026-10-09 06:05 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VqWe-1pIo

> Housing costs are soaring across Europe, prompting snap elections in Spain and an unexpected victory for Berlin leftists who pledged to expropriate large real estate companies. Right-wing factions may also benefit. Political economist Eoin Drea and housing law expert Andrei Quintia Pastrana discuss the causes and where new policies might lead.

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