Homelessness on the rise in Germany: study
By DW
03 August 2019 |
6:00 am
The current system makes it almost impossible to escape the "rigid poverty" endemic in Germany, a new report warns. It also called on the German government to build over 150,000 new properties a year, to avert a crisis.
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