Copy Germany’s 3-Year Rental Freeze, Greens Say

The Reichstag building (R), which houses Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament, and the Jakob-Kaiser-Haus parliamentary complex (L) are reflected in the river Spree in Berlin on Jan. 20, 2023. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

Greens Senator Max Chandler-Mather is continuing his dogged push for a rental freeze in Australia, calling on the federal government to look to Germany’s three-year trial on rent controls.

The announcement from the German government comes amid a cost of living crisis which has seen record rent increases for almost 60 percent of the population, according to the governing alliance of the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and Free Democrats (FDP).