How Berlin’s Housing Co-Ops (Genossenschaften) Can Help You Find an Affordable Apartment

If you’ve spent any time looking for an apartment in Berlin, you know how competitive and expensive the housing market can be. Between skyrocketing rents and limited supply, it can feel like an uphill battle. But there’s a lesser-known and very promising route to affordable housing: Berlin’s housing cooperatives, known in German as Genossenschaften. A Genossenschaft is essentially a housing co-op…