The Federal Constitutional Court has announced its decision on the controversial Berlin rent cap and overturned it. The Berlin rent cap is unconstitutional. This was announced by the second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court today, April 15, 2021. The Karlsruhe judges justified their decision (Az. 2 BvF 1/20 et al.)

With the nationwide unique rent cap, the red-red-green Berlin Senate wanted to curb the recent sharp rise in rents in the capital. After the Karlsruhe decision, tenants have to pay the actual, higher rent again. The Mietendeckel law affected nine out of ten rental apartments in Berlin. The scheme was limited to five years.