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00:30What I'm doing, Silke, is still looking for an apartment for us.
00:43I am now in Pappenheim near Eichstätt.
00:46Yes, I know you'd rather stay in Munich, Silke, but look, it's here too.
00:51Okay, I don't want to be here either.
00:53Nobody wants to be here, Silke, but here we could perhaps afford the kind of housing we don't want here.
00:59Silke, Silke, Madam Minister of Construction, Ms. Huberts, here again, nicely for the camera, just once, yes, wonderful.
01:06Oh my, isn't this a wonderful day?
01:09It's cloudy.
01:10But as I always like to say, we can already see the first rays of sunshine behind the cloud.
01:16Where?
01:17She really likes that phrase, she says in almost every interview.
01:20I welcome you, you don't know me, I am your Minister for Construction and I am now as excited as a Harz blueberry schnitzel on delicious hazelnut noodles for the ignition of the construction turbo.
01:32How happy is she?
01:34Ms. Huberts once launched a very successful cooking app.
01:37Ah, something is being built here, oh what, something is being built here, ah, yes, yes, hopefully affordable apartments, listen, I've been looking for ages.
01:49Ladies and gentlemen, the time has finally come, we are now jointly accelerating construction, because every home counts.
01:57And then I say, three, two, one, whoop!
02:05Oh, great, it's raining, cheap rental contracts.
02:08No, building permits are raining down.
02:11Finally, a little applause for myself.
02:15Yes, so far, thank you for your service, thank you very much.
02:18Oh, wonderful, wonderful.
02:22Up until now, such a development plan has taken forever.
02:25With the construction accelerator, everything is now much faster.
02:28It doesn't always have to be Sachertorte.
02:30Sometimes a simple batter is enough.
02:33This could be the building permit for your apartment.
02:36That's great.
02:37Yes, that's great, isn't it?
02:38The people of Pappenheim can now, if they wish, completely do without a development plan in the future.
02:44Building permit applications are then automatically considered approved after three months.
02:48It used to take five years.
02:50As long as?
02:50Yes.
02:50What did they do the whole time?
02:52Oh, there was a lot of fancy stuff involved.
02:53Here, noise protection, yes.
02:56Citizen participation, environmental impact assessment – all things where you simply can't live.
03:00We're now going to use a sledgehammer approach in the housing market.
03:04I just wanted to use the key to get through the apartment door.
03:07No, with a crowbar.
03:09I thought that was such a powerful image.
03:11You know, with a crowbar, you can simply clear away unnecessary regulations.
03:15So, now we had the sunbeams, the crowbar, if only the cake batter would come again.
03:21A crowbar is also excellent for rolling out cake dough.
03:25Thank you, then we have everything.
03:28And so, my apartment is now being rolled out, baked, and finished.
03:33Hm, soon.
03:35First, we'll focus on the construction projects that have been approved but not yet built.
03:39Aha.
03:39A bit has accumulated.
03:40Well, if getting the permits has been so complicated so far, there probably aren't that many.
03:46430,000.
03:48430,000?
03:51Anticipation is when you can already smell the cake even though it's not in the oven yet.
03:56So the fact that construction isn't taking place isn't due to a lack of building permits at all?
04:01Well, certainly not where apartments are needed, no.
04:04Yes, but then faster building permits are pointless.
04:07Yes, yes.
04:08So, they bring something where they otherwise bring nothing.
04:11For example, in a green meadow.
04:13Green.
04:13There is no housing shortage at all.
04:15Green meadows and sunshine.
04:17But listen, I thought the construction turbo plan stated that the main focus should now be on building affordable housing.
04:22Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, it says so there, but without "affordable".
04:27It says: build, build, build.
04:32And tell me, why aren't you building it now?
04:36Yes, exactly, exactly, construction is starting now.
04:38Where are your colleagues?
04:43Which colleagues?
04:43We have a shortage of skilled workers.
04:45Yes, I see that, but you can still start anyway.
04:49And with what?
04:50Do you see any material anywhere?
04:52Everything is far too expensive right now, which is why so little is being built.
04:55This is due to the steadily rising construction costs, the high land prices, and the obvious shortage of skilled workers in the Ministry of Baking.
05:05But what good is the construction acceleration then?
05:09Well, more permits for more building land.
05:12Yes, so it's more of a building land turbocharger, right?
05:15Yes, he definitely ensures that arable land can be converted into building land.
05:19But tell me, Madam Minister, didn't we want to reduce land sealing to zero by 2050 for climate protection reasons?
05:25Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, but until then we can build, build, build a lot!
05:32Oh, wait a minute, 5 euros per square meter, that is indeed affordable.
05:38Oh, wait a minute.
05:41500, what just happened?
05:43That's magic. The mere existence of the construction accelerator is now turning farmland everywhere into valuable land awaiting development.
05:51And what do we expect from land designated for future development?
05:55That we build, build, build on it!
05:59Yes, or maybe not.
06:01Please?
06:02You don't have to build a construction accelerator at all. There's no obligation.
06:05Wait a minute, why would I buy the land zoned for future development if I'm not going to build on it?
06:10Because of this.
06:112,500? It just said 500 a moment ago.
06:17You'll just have to hurry a little.
06:19The mere possibility of developing the land allows for huge profits to be made.
06:25Exactly, exactly, I can already hear the excavators rolling.
06:28Yes, and I can hear the champagne shots popping.
06:31For owners of outdoor areas and speculators.
06:34As I have already subtly mentioned, the high land prices are also one of the reasons why so little is being built.
06:39In Munich alone, land prices rose by a staggering 35,000 percent between 1950 and 2015.
06:4835,000 percent, that does sound like a lot.
06:55So I should have struck before I was even born.
06:58That's hopeless.
07:00Please, please don't say that.
07:02We are accelerating this construction project precisely to awaken a great deal of hope in people like you.
07:07Yes, but with these land prices, I'll never be able to afford an apartment.
07:10Hope is like a soufflé.
07:12You never know when it will collapse.
07:16Look, all I want to do is...
07:17I just want to...
07:22All I want is an affordable apartment for myself and my family.
07:27Yes, we're very lucky with that.
07:29It's not at all certain that apartment buildings will be built here.
07:32No, the construction accelerator makes building single-family homes just as easy.
07:40Yes, but that's no use.
07:42Why? How many families do you have?
07:44No, what I mean is that single-family homes help against the housing shortage about as much as a complimentary meal helps an empty stomach.
07:54Well said.
07:56Listen, Madam Minister, if the construction boom now means that practically no development plan is required anymore, then nobody will be looking at who is building what and where.
08:02Instead, something will just be built somewhere, somehow, at some point. That's not a plan.
08:06Yes, but you don't inspire people with plans, but with appealing ideas.
08:11That's exactly what I did when I founded my cooking app back then.
08:14Today I say, anyone who has built a three-tiered wedding cake can also build Stuttgart 21.
08:22And people with exactly those qualifications did that back then.
08:26With this construction accelerator, yes, you're not helping tenants, but only the construction industry.
08:38You're a member of the SPD, aren't you?
08:41Yes, but that doesn't mean anything anymore these days.
08:43The new building will benefit you too.
08:46I really wish for a pinch of optimism.
08:49Don't stop believing.
08:55I've brought you someone here with the right spirit from the construction industry.
09:00Good evening, my name is B...
09:02B-B-B...
09:03B...
09:04The B-B...
09:06B-B-B...
09:07B-B-B-B-B...
09:09From the building society: Building-Building-Building...
09:12Bavaria.
09:13And they build...
09:16B-B-B-B-Are we building an affordable apartment now?
09:19Ha, that's funny.
09:20She said he had a wooden spoon up his ass.
09:23No!
09:24I will build a luxury villa for you.
09:26Yes, but I need an affordable apartment.
09:28No!
09:30What you need is a luxury villa.
09:31You know, that's the miracle of the housing market.
09:34We build expensive apartments and thereby create affordable housing.
09:38Because of...
09:39Seepage effect.
09:40Did you say Spirit or Sprit?
09:44Yes, where are the advantages there...?
09:46Where is the affordable housing?
09:47Hmm, all you need is a pinch of patience and a ladleful of optimism.
09:53Because yes, even tenants with low incomes benefit from the trickle-down effect.
09:58Is that right, Mr. Wob?
09:59Seepage effect?
10:00All supported by studies.
10:01Yes.
10:01Do you actually know what a moving chain is?
10:04Of course, who doesn't know that, right?
10:05You start at the moving van, right? Every seven meters, someone else takes over the piece of furniture.
10:09Isn't that right, until one day your best friend is buried by a heavy metal cabinet?
10:16God, what a mess that was back then.
10:18Uh, not quite.
10:20Look, here we see living space with various properties in price segments A to F.
10:26Exactly, up here in the price segment in the upscale A as in outrageously expensive, then via cheap differently-crazy-expensive, significantly more expensive, miserably expensive, down to here in the lower segment F for still quite nasty expensive.
10:40Uh, maybe I could still afford an apartment in the F-segment.
10:45Hmm, unfortunately all the apartments are currently occupied.
10:48Yes, but don't worry, we're already building a new apartment for you.
10:54Yes, but new construction is just incredibly expensive, I simply can't afford that.
10:58Hmm, not you, but these people do.
11:02Yes, exactly, and that's what triggers the trickle-down effect for you now, because their apartment becomes vacant, these people can move into that apartment.
11:10And then those from D move to C, those from E to D, those from F to E, and then an apartment becomes available for me, in F as in free.
11:21You see, you benefit from the new building and everyone benefits from it.
11:27So.
11:28Uh, excuse me, why is it in the more expensive range now?
11:35Well, she's not just like that, she's something, uh, she's achieved something, this apartment, uh, she's moved into a higher price segment.
11:43Yes, that's great, the promise of upward mobility applies to everyone in Germany, including apartments and cooked dumplings.
11:53Tell me, this is still the same apartment, right?
11:56Yes, but the landlord has made up for this slightly neglected adjustment to market level in the course of the move.
12:02That's understandable, since he's essentially given the apartment away, uh, here F as in, uh, as a gift.
12:08But the apartment, the apartment is now free for you?
12:11Yes, but it's incredibly expensive now.
12:14But it is free in segment E.
12:16Now, why don't you be a little bit E for euphoric?
12:17If you take them like drugs, then I still don't have an affordable apartment.
12:24Take it easy, because the next new building is already under construction here, and there's even an apartment available in it.
12:33New game, new luck, and off we go with the moving chain.
12:37Uh, Silke, Silke, yes, forget Pappenheim, we have an apartment, yes, in Munich.
12:42Uh, no, no, I just found out that a newcomer from Stuttgart needs this apartment, but unfortunately it's no longer available; he moved to Munich for work.
12:52But then there are no apartments available at all.
12:54Yes, but, uh, here, no, in Stuttgart.
12:59Silke, uh, you, it's going to be Stuttgart after all.
13:02Don't cry, honey.
13:04Silke, it will happen, Silke, Silke.
13:06What's wrong with Silke? Stuttgart is great.
13:11Well, I, I, I don't think anyone has ever said that sentence before him.
13:16Take it, but that won't work.
13:19That doesn't work.
13:24That won't work, he can't move here now, otherwise there won't be any seepage effect.
13:30Why is he moving to Munich at all and not to Prenzlauer Berg like the other Spätzle eaters?
13:33Now just wait for the next wave of moves, okay?
13:38There's sure to be something for you in the next round.
13:41Well, uh, how much time do you have?
13:43Because when new leases are signed in segment F, only about 30 percent of the apartments actually remain in segment F.
13:50Wait a minute, so that means apartments will be more expensive in 70 percent of cases when they are newly rented.
13:56Yes, but only here in the lower segments, right?
13:59From segment D onwards, this basically only affects, uh, every third apartment will then just be expensive.
14:04Exactly, that's...
14:05Wait, but, but, but, but none of them will be cheaper.
14:09You said you were creating affordable housing.
14:11But now my apartment costs even more rent than the one that tenant F has moved into.
14:17Yes, that can happen.
14:17So, its seepage effect makes rental apartments more expensive.
14:21Yes, but only in 50 percent of cases overall.
14:25That's every second apartment.
14:26Uh, yes, that's right.
14:30You see, the glass is half full.
14:32That's unbelievable!
14:33Tell him, this seepage effect, you said earlier, is related to study images.
14:38Yes, yes, yes, he is, he is.
14:40Hm, here, for example, it says that in extreme cases, even a newly built luxury apartment on the outskirts of the city has hardly less social impact than a newly built social housing unit in the city center due to so-called seepage effects.
14:55Yes, you see, whether we build luxury villas or social housing, it all comes down to the same thing.
15:01Who commissioned this study?
15:03Oh, wait, I think that was a non-profit organization.
15:06That was the Homeowners' Protection Association.
15:09Exactly.
15:11Do you perhaps have another study?
15:13Yes, yes, yes, we have that too.
15:15We have the large leakage study, and it was commissioned by LBS.
15:25You wouldn't happen to still have one by René Benko, would you?
15:26Yes Yes Yes.
15:29I understand.
15:37I understand your skepticism.
15:40There is, of course, also independent research on this topic.
15:43Yes, for example, by 200 scientists with their publication advocating for a truly social housing policy.
15:51Here it states that we are not aware of a single empirical study on tight housing markets that can demonstrate trickle-down effects on the level of affordable housing provision.
16:02I somehow remembered it being more positive.
16:05Then decades of German construction policy were based on a theory that was never verified.
16:11No, you really have to pay attention to the details.
16:13So if I understand correctly, they only said that they were unaware of any empirical studies on tight housing markets.
16:22So, where housing markets are not tight, there are of course many trickle-down effects.
16:27So their theory about providing housing works, but just not where housing is needed?
16:34Exactly. And that's why the only solution can be: build, build, build.
16:42And whether it's being built in the right place, we'll see, see, see.
16:47Silke, Silke, Silke, yes, no, no, forget Stuttgart, stop crying.
16:51Stuttgart is out. Yes, yes, no, no, isn't that nice, or yes.
16:54Yes, no, look, Silke, calm down, calm down. Silke, I promise you, don't you?
16:59Behind the streamers, the Sachertorte awaits the rising dumplings.
17:04Excuse me? Yes, I'll explain that later.
17:06Look, look, I'll just keep going. Yes, yes, of course, it's no use otherwise.
17:09Sometimes you get lucky and find something by chance.
17:14Here, for example, there are five windows on one floor, and all without curtains.
17:19Silke, that means something, doesn't it?
17:21I mean, who doesn't have curtains? Okay, the Dutch, but not in Schwabing.
17:26Silke, do you understand? In Schwabing, five rooms, no curtains.
17:29This means that either someone has just moved in and hasn't hung up their clothes yet.
17:34or someone moves out, Silke.
17:37Perhaps we'll get lucky and the landlady has died.
17:39Silke, yes, I'll just see, who knows.
17:42Maybe someone is there, a real estate agent or something.
17:44Oh, Silke, the door is open.
17:47The door, I'll take a look inside, yes.
17:48Hello?
17:51Hello?
18:00Sorry, my mobile phone.
18:03Spam.
18:06A piece of cake?
18:08Yes, Silke, there is someone here.
18:10Stay calm, stay calm.
18:13It's nice that someone is visiting again.
18:15The grandchildren, the, the, the grandchildren, they come so rarely.
18:21I don't even remember what they look like anymore.
18:27Granny!
18:37Grandma, Grandma, don't you recognize me anymore?
18:44Grandma, Stefanie?
18:49Is that really you?
18:51Yes, it's me.
18:53Grandma, how much longer do you have to live?
18:55I mean, how much longer, how much longer are you going to live here, Grandma?
19:01Here, everything is so vast and wide, and nobody can take care of you.
19:05Oh, there you are now, Stefanie.
19:08Could you please be so kind as to get me some water?
19:12There should be a side table back there.
19:14Yes, gladly, Grandma.
19:14Everything here is so big and spacious, and I'm all alone in this huge apartment.
19:21Silke, I've got it.
19:22The ideal apartment, a huge old building, Silke.
19:25Stefanie?
19:25No, there is no Stefanie here.
19:27Hey, Grandma, I'll be right there.
19:28What?
19:29No, we're not moving in with Grandma.
19:30Not to that one, but to another.
19:32I'll explain it to you later.
19:33Hey, Grandma, tell me, tell me, Grandma, how many square meters do you have here again?
19:38There must be at least 100 of them, right?
19:40Oh, only 134 down here.
19:45But that's enough for me.
19:47It felt so nice in the 80 square meters upstairs inside me; I hadn't been there since 2005.
19:52Since Günther died.
19:55Günther?
19:57Your grandfather.
19:58Günther, Günther.
20:00Kind Günther, as I always called him.
20:03Do you remember how often he told me that one day this apartment would be yours?
20:10I still remember how he always told me I would outlive you all.
20:14That old asshole.
20:17Grandma, did you know that female pensioners over 70 have an average of almost 70 square meters per
20:22Have you got your head free?
20:23That's almost twice as much as for young adults.
20:26Yes, and I earned and cleaned every single one of these square meters.
20:32That old asshole didn't lift a finger.
20:34Yes, but we can do that.
20:36I thought, Grandma, this apartment would be perfect for us.
20:39Yes, over there, that would make a lovely children's room.
20:42Yes, that was a lovely children's room.
20:44Look, I have a security system.
20:48Can I do anywhere...?
20:50Look, my sewing room.
20:52Uh.
20:53My dressing room.
20:57Yes, the children have grown up.
21:00Günther died here.
21:04All those wonderful memories.
21:06Yes, but everything is empty now, isn't it?
21:09And you're practically very old already.
21:14And...
21:15Yes, when you know you'll soon be lying in a very confined space, without windows, then you want to...
21:23Spread it out a little more beforehand.
21:25Look, Grandma.
21:26Across Germany, 80 percent of people over 60 live in apartments with more rooms than residents.
21:32have, don't they?
21:33And meanwhile that my wife, that is, my husband and I and the children have one room
21:40too little.
21:42We used to live six to a room and I didn't complain.
21:47Now I live alone in six rooms and I'm still not complaining.
21:51That's a delicious cake, Grandma.
22:04This is a recipe from Hubert's.
22:06Mhm.
22:07Tell me, Grandma, Grandma, how much are you paying for this senior citizens' arena?
22:13Oh, 700 euros cold for a modest 214 square meters.
22:20And that happens every month.
22:25And you?
22:27Well, 1,600 euros cold rent for a proud 75 square meters.
22:32Pfft, you young people are quite spoiled.
22:36I couldn't afford such a small apartment.
22:41He wanted to put me in a nursing home.
22:42No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, your grandma, don't you dare move out.
22:44I think that will make the rent more expensive.
22:47Think about the seepage effect.
22:48Come on, kid, just wait until you get to my age, then you'll practically think about nothing else.
22:53Listen, Grandma, Grandma, but no matter how much you leak, once we all live together under one roof, all three generations, Grandma.
23:04Yes, at the old price, right?
23:06Yes, okay, enough of this heavy-handed drama.
23:10You are already the third Stefanie today who wants to inherit my lease.
23:13And by far the worst.
23:15Yes, I'm sorry, Grandma, there was no other way.
23:24I really wanted that apartment.
23:26When was I caught?
23:28At the first hello.
23:30But tell me honestly, what do you need all that space for?
23:34I mean, all the rooms are empty.
23:36Yes, they're empty because I'm moving out.
23:37What?
23:38Tell me, couldn't you have said that right away...?
23:40Surely I'm allowed a little fun, aren't I?
23:44But isn't a new apartment too expensive?
23:49Yes, I am moving to Vienna.
23:51To my new girlfriend.
23:53To whom?
23:54To my tasteful boy.
23:56Please?
23:58Heater!
23:59What?
24:00Hey!
24:01Huh?
24:02Lover!
24:03Oh right!
24:05Ah, a third spring, yes, how romantic.
24:08He's also an asshole, but he owns a huge council flat.
24:14That's what they call the municipal apartments in Vienna.
24:17100 square meters cost around 490 euros on average, not including utilities, right?
24:21And there, people aged 65 and over are offered smaller apartments for much less money with a subsidy.
24:28Well, and then the large apartments will become available for families, right?
24:31Yes, but I think the term "Gemeindebau" (municipal housing), as it sounds to me, is like the elderly are being shunted off to some kind of dilapidated shack.
24:37Yes, they have some beautiful dilapidated buildings in Vienna.
24:4060 percent of Viennese people live in municipal cooperative or subsidized housing.
24:46Oh my god.
24:48Yes, and some even have a pool on the roof.
24:51Tell me, what's the deal with your apartment, isn't it?
24:56Could I take over your lease?
24:58Well, if you can somehow manage to stay in here, why not?
25:02I can do it, I can do it, of course.
25:04Asshole.
25:06Silke, Silke, finally.
25:08We've got the place.
25:10Magnificent old tree with mesonette.
25:12Yes, the old woman practically presented us with her rental agreement.
25:15Yes, the grandparent scam.
25:16Yes, nothing will be tensioned.
25:17I totally screwed them over.
25:19Yes, you should have seen me, Silke.
25:21I was great.
25:23Let me tell you one thing, Silke, nobody's getting me out of this place.
25:27Attention, attention, leave the building immediately.
25:30The demolition will begin in five minutes.
25:33Silke, quiet please, quiet please, what's going on?
25:37Tell me, what are you doing there?
25:39I, I, I live here.
25:40Ha, I'd better hurry up with finding accommodation!
25:42Because all of that is being removed here.
25:44And that's in, I repeat, five minutes.
25:47What, leave now?
25:49Yes, the building will be demolished.
25:51Didn't the nice older lady tell you that?
25:54What?
25:55That nasty old snake.
25:58Silke, the apartment situation isn't going to work out.
26:00Yes, yes, you can cry now.
26:01Yes, it's gone, completely gone.
26:03I mean, in the sense of being insanely far away.
26:04Yes, thank you, listen.
26:06Why is this being torn down?
26:08Yes, living space is being created here.
26:10Yes, but this is living space.
26:14Yes, there's no living space here.
26:15This is room for investment.
26:18Yes, but the house...
26:18And that takes four minutes.
26:21But listen, the house is still in good condition.
26:23Yes, wouldn't a renovation be worthwhile?
26:26How am I supposed to know that?
26:27Yes, surely you must have calculated that.
26:29No, I don't have to.
26:31And even if I have to, I can't.
26:33And quite honestly, legally speaking, a balancing of interests is now required.
26:37There are simply no regulations at all between renovation and new construction.
26:40And if so, then I won't deliver them anymore.
26:41Because I only have three minutes left.
26:45Wait, wait.
26:45Does that mean you don't need a proper explanation?
26:48for such a demolition permit?
26:50No, such a demolition permit,
26:51I can get those faster than autumn at the Oktoberfest.
26:55That's insane!
26:55We need to stop this.
26:56New construction always just makes everything more expensive.
26:58Nonsense, a new building like that is much more sustainable.
27:01Can you figure that out?
27:02You can slap endless amounts of thermal insulation onto a new building like this.
27:05That's much, much more energetic, or something like that.
27:07But don't talk nonsense.
27:09Renovation is always more environmentally friendly.
27:11Look at this, these walls.
27:12Yes, that's pure gold.
27:1460 percent of a house's energy is contained in the building shell.
27:18Consider that 40 percent of global CO2 emissions
27:23based on the building materials industry.
27:24Because I am a businessman.
27:26And currently, the legal framework is simply as it is.
27:29that environmentally damaging construction with building materials,
27:32which will later become waste, is simply cheaper.
27:35Such a demolition must be very expensive.
27:37No, not if you claim it as advertising expenses.
27:39can be deducted from taxes.
27:40And I can do that.
27:41And that takes two minutes.
27:44But this waste is gigantic.
27:46Please continue as you are.
27:47But do you know the hermit beetle?
27:51Machines, stop!
27:52Machines, stop immediately!
27:53Yes, I need to elaborate a bit more on that.
27:58Listen, in Europe a building is destroyed every minute.
28:03Do you understand?
28:03The citizens' organization House of Europe is trying to stop this.
28:07by collecting signatures.
28:09They need a million.
28:10I've already signed it.
28:11With demands such as a reduction in VAT
28:14on refurbishment and renovation.
28:15This has been achieved in England and France,
28:18to significantly increase the renovation figures.
28:21Don't you understand?
28:22In order to achieve the climate goals, we need
28:24A renovation rate of two to four percent each year.
28:27Last year we only managed to reach 0.69 percent.
28:31But do you know what the much more beautiful number is?
28:34A rental yield of just under four percent for new buildings.
28:37But listen, it's not always just about returns.
28:39There are no hermit beetles here, are there?
28:44Okay, the demolition continues in one minute.
28:49Listen, Architects for Future have been calling for a demolition moratorium for years.
28:53This would allow us to save building materials and reduce CO2 emissions,
28:56Prevent gentrification, which only makes housing more expensive.
29:00Yes, but I'm not an Architect for the Future, I'm an Investor for Profit.
29:05And now, I would honestly start by enjoying your last minute.
29:10One more minute.
29:12Listen, adding extra floors to existing buildings could create up to 50 percent of the required living space.
29:17Yes, it's far too complicated; there's something much simpler.
29:21Demolition, abo, now get off the field, because it starts in 30 seconds.
29:26Yes, impossible, you won't get me out.
29:28Do you know how long it took to wheedle the lease out of that old hag?
29:32Okay, whatever you say, but you do know what our Chancellor said, right?
29:35From now on, we have to build, build, build.
29:37Don't say afterwards that I didn't warn you.
29:40What was it about?
29:41Well, in front of that one.
29:43I came in like a wrecking ball
29:47The house was already rolling anyway
29:51Unfortunately, that doesn't fit in the stacking stone.
29:55But one pursuer counts alone
29:59Nobody's going to move in there anymore.
30:04You smell yourself before you weld.
30:08Because you're simply broken
30:11Whoever lives there scares me.
30:16And soon you'll be nothing but rubble.
30:20Please don't complain now if the wall falls.
30:24No, that's no longer nice.
30:28I'll take out the bulb
30:30Sound fairy in the house
30:32Otherwise I'll get a hairdryer here
30:35I came in like a wrecking ball
30:39The house was already rolling anyway
30:42Unfortunately, that doesn't fit in the stacking stone.
30:46Just ask your daughters.
30:52That was awesome, wasn't it?
31:03That was once clear
31:05That was quite striking.
31:07That used to be easy
31:09Oh, how wonderful!
31:11We've made another statement here.
31:14Finally, such a striking image!
31:17Previously, again with landlord-chain-moving-chain-seeding effects.
31:21And we need more living space
31:23And suddenly we want to tell you something here
31:24We need to build less
31:25Hey, nobody understands that, right?
31:27Can't we at the institution just provide simple answers for once?
31:30Let's just speak plainly here too?
31:33Do we need more living space?
31:35sure, of course
31:35But first, level the ground instead of renovating.
31:37Why?
31:40Because she rhymes it, damn it.
31:41I don't know either.
31:43But that's plain speaking.
31:44Speaking plainly is talking without regard for reality.
31:46Plain speaking, that's verbalized gut feeling
31:49That's not right, but according to
31:51That's not smart, but emphatically...
31:53And plain language is so much more efficient, isn't it?
31:56We have problems with the cityscape
31:57Of course, we have a solution.
31:58Borders closed
31:59How long did it take me to answer?
32:02Two, two and a half seconds
32:03They used my value.
32:04Plain speaking is the inner opinion on clothing.
32:06And that is always more concise than the complicated reality.
32:09Say
32:09Don't you also sometimes feel like speaking plainly?
32:13Do you ever want to let your inner Friedrich out?
32:16Come on, I'll tell you again how it's done.
32:17Here are a few tips from me on how I do it.
32:19A little plain-language coaching session
32:21First and foremost, very, very important
32:22Always ignore the facts
32:25Especially when speaking plainly
32:26Too much knowledge only hinders.
32:28That's why I do every morning
32:29Do I always do such blinkered yoga?
32:31I always stand in front of the mirror.
32:33And then I always say
32:33What I don't know makes me strong.
32:35What I don't know makes me strong.
32:37And then next
32:38Not long facts
32:39Always start talking immediately
32:40You always have to speak faster than you can think.
32:42Yes, yes
32:43If you think about it for too long
32:44Then suddenly you have a more nuanced thought.
32:46Hey, these are plain-speaking bloggers.
32:48Yes, yes
32:49Yes, I'd love to!
32:50Think before you speak
32:51No, no, no, no, no, no
32:53I mean, that's what keeps us alive.
32:54Markus Söder now really
32:55For over ten years
32:56Don't think, don't think
33:07I always say, abstaining from thinking is the highest form of expression.
33:08Freedom of expression, right?
33:10And quite honestly, I'm supposed to know beforehand too.
33:11What I mean is, before I hear what I say
33:13Age, classic
33:15And always remember
33:16You are the best at speaking plainly about things.
33:18About whom you actually have absolutely no idea
33:21Yes, we men are particularly good at that.
33:23Talking about things we haven't a clue about
33:25Yes, yes
33:26You have to have the courage to do that.
33:27We call that overcoming incompetence.
33:30That's so good
33:32It comes first
33:33Yes, that's hesitant.
33:34You don't dare.
33:35She will never...
33:36Here, the institutional audience
33:38You have studied
33:39You also read something once
33:40You're all far too prejudiced to speak plainly.
33:43That's why I recommend you try
33:45You must constantly overcome your impulse control.
33:47That's why you should do it every now and then.
33:48Just like me
33:49These little outrage sprints as training
33:52So, from 0 to 180 in two seconds.
33:53If one of you in the groups says again
33:55Yes, well, I think
33:56This really needs to be examined in a more nuanced way.
33:58Just shout it out!
33:59That's enough already!
34:01With the differentiated here
34:04Are we talking about a differentiation dictatorship here, or what?
34:08We need more discipline
34:09And less gender nonsense.
34:10What does that mean?
34:14No idea
34:15But it's plain language
34:17Look now
34:20We certainly say many
34:28But what exactly is the problem with plain text?
34:30That's never clear.
34:31That's just true.
34:32Nobody ever really has a clue what's meant by that.
34:34Yes, yes, yes, yes
34:35Let me give you an example.
34:37If at your company the next meeting
34:39Jochen from the IT department
34:41I'll tell you again
34:42What the new software tool can do
34:44And you've already after the second turn.
34:46Not a trace of it anymore.
34:47What he actually told you
34:48Just say it
34:50You Jochen
34:50This is not meant personally.
34:52But
34:52I don't think you fit in with the cityscape here.
34:55He'll know what's meant.
34:59Have you found something cozy for yourself and your family yet?
35:11Yes, yes, I have that.
35:12I had
35:12For five minutes
35:13Then the apartment was demolished.
35:15From him, from him
35:16Yes, sorry, but the place was truly uninhabitable.
35:18What?
35:19My grandmother lived there for 50 years.
35:20Uh, again
35:22That wasn't your grandmother
35:24Oh yes
35:24Hey, chin up!
35:26I always say
35:27The first rays of sunshine are already waiting behind the cloud.
35:31And behind every wrecking ball, a new apartment.
35:33Ha
35:34And I have something so inexpensive here.
35:36Aha
35:37How much does it cost?
35:3820 euros per square meter?
35:40Honestly, for a celebrity district, Grünbald here in Munich...
35:42That's a real bargain!
35:44And quite honestly, the exclusive neighborhood is already factored into the price.
35:48Look, I don't intend to
35:49To improve a problem neighborhood through my presence
35:51Look, I have to go somewhere.
35:55I
35:57I have to go somewhere.
36:02With me and my family
36:04Okay, if the normal housing market is too stressful for you.
36:07There's always social housing, after all.
36:10Great
36:11From homeowner to welfare recipient in 30 minutes
36:14Hm, I've seen you that way from the beginning.
36:16Hm
36:16Why are you interfering at all?
36:21Hm? They don't even have any social housing.
36:22But
36:23We give him a lot of money
36:25So that he can give you social housing for little money
36:28Hm, you wouldn't believe how social I can be.
36:31If someone transfers billions to me
36:32Then I can rent out spaces here in Munich for as little as 12 euros per square meter.
36:37Tell me, why are you doing this?
36:38Why don't you take the billions of taxpayers' money and build your own social housing?
36:42Well, because private companies do it more effectively.
36:44We can even turn a needy tenant like you into a better one.
36:47Still easily a return of 4%
36:49Wow, isn't it amazing what he brings out in you?
36:51Currently, this is
36:52Currently, this is even more lucrative than normal residential construction.
36:55Wait a moment
36:56They give him money, then he builds social housing.
36:59Can I move in now?
37:00Yes, but first you need a housing entitlement certificate.
37:04All you need to do is prove that you earn no more than €20,000 net per year.
37:10So in Hamburg, in Munich the limit is 28,300.
37:16I sometimes really wonder who in this country can afford to earn so little money.
37:22I can answer that for you, that's 11 million.
37:27So half of all households, at least tenant households in Germany, are entitled to social housing.
37:34And how many social housing units are there?
37:36One million, but the remaining 10 million are welcome to apply.
37:40Yes, but that's obviously far too few.
37:43Tell me, didn't you want to build, build, build?
37:45We're on it, we're on it
37:47Since 2015, we have been paying 3 billion euros annually for social housing.
37:53Yes, and we have built an average of almost 30,000 social housing units per year.
38:01Did you hear that too?
38:05No
38:05And next year it will be 3 billion again.
38:09Yes, and with that we built another 30,000 social housing units.
38:14There it was again.
38:17And the following year another 3 billion
38:18Yes, and we built another 30,000 social housing units with that money.
38:22Listen, there's less and less of it back there.
38:26Then let's look ahead together.
38:28But every time an apartment is built up there
38:39Then two are eliminated back here.
38:41Oh, really?
38:43Now we can take a good look.
38:44And...
38:47Yes
38:47Actually
38:49That's funny!
38:50The population has halved in 20 years.
38:52But how can that be?
38:53I think you're building, building, building
38:55Yes, up ahead, but back here 65,000 apartments are demolished every year.
39:01How are apartments dismantled?
39:03Well, those will no longer be subject to rent control after 25 years.
39:06Ah, and then they're just gone?
39:10No, they're not gone.
39:11They're somewhere else.
39:12On the free market
39:14You, you, you
39:16The investor is snapping up the social housing units.
39:17Yes, they belong to him too.
39:19And now he can do whatever he wants with it.
39:20And what do you do with it?
39:22Yes, I am creating upscale living space with it.
39:26But that's still a social housing unit.
39:29How does it work?
39:30Uh, by raising rents to a reasonable market level
39:36They don't rise, you increase them
39:40Listen
39:41For 25 years, my hands were tied by rent control.
39:46But now, now, now the apartment can finally show what it can do.
39:49But we do need permanently affordable rents.
39:52Yes, and I need profits from time to time.
39:54Yes, spicy
39:56We can't expect investors to permanently forgo profits.
39:59Listen, instead of constantly giving him billions so that there are fewer and fewer social housing units...
40:03Well, give me the money then.
40:05At least it's hitting the right person there.
40:06Yes, but we already do that in addition with housing allowance.
40:11I think that's a very good idea.
40:13Oh, wait a minute.
40:14Why does he think that's a good idea?
40:16Well, I simply think it's good if you, as the person affected, can decide for yourself what you need most urgently.
40:25I can tell you that about affordable housing.
40:27Oops, as is well known, it's very scarce at the moment.
40:30Therefore, just take the priceless for as long as you need it.
40:35They must be somewhere
40:36But with whose money?
40:39Yes, from the housing benefit
40:40We give 5 billion a year to people who cannot manage their housing costs on their own.
40:45Treat yourself
40:47Oh, holy Silke
40:49That's all mine now.
40:53You give me the money so I can pay his exorbitant rents, right?
40:59We have increased spending on housing benefits by 600% in 10 years.
41:04But I don't get anything out of that.
41:06I only said a quick hello and goodbye to the money.
41:09I feel the same way; I'm passing it on to the shareholders immediately.
41:13Wait, wait
41:17So we're financing the dividends of housing corporations with taxpayers' money?
41:22Oh, one billion, that's how much Vonovia, Europe's largest housing company, distributed to its shareholders last year.
41:29And you call that effective?
41:32Me, yes
41:33Yes, do you want to live there now or not?
41:36Oh, honestly, don't do it.
41:37Well, I have to say, I would also prefer people receiving citizen's income.
41:40What? Why? They can't afford their expensive stages anyway.
41:44Yes, yes, yes, because we pay as punctually as clockwork.
41:49Wait a minute, I thought the employment agency only covers reasonable rents for recipients of citizen's benefits.
41:56Theoretically yes, but in practice there are no reasonable rents left.
42:01And that's why we pay rents for recipients of citizen's benefits in economically strong regions that are far above average.
42:09Yes, I have to say, here in Munich I've received up to 20 euros per square meter from the job center for someone receiving citizen's allowance.
42:16I believe that at the time, I think that was almost seven euros above average.
42:21Are you suggesting that recipients of citizen's benefits are housed in luxury apartments?
42:25No, only the rents are a luxury.
42:27In Dresden, they've even paid 18 euros per square meter for asylum seekers.
42:43And they got a moldy apartment in a prefabricated building in return.
42:45We're not putting the money into the apartments, but into the people.
42:49Those who then live in the moldy apartments
42:52Exactly, and that's what we call promoting individual development
42:55And the Munich social affairs officer impressively explained just how well that works.
43:00It's absolutely insane what we're doing here.
43:04A truly unique piece of nonsense
43:06Exorbitant prices are being charged.
43:09I somehow remembered it more positively.
43:12Tell me, how much did landlords charge in total for accommodating recipients of citizen's benefits?
43:18You really want to know this
43:20In 2023, that was 15 billion.
43:2515 billion plus the 5 billion in housing allowance
43:28That's 20 billion.
43:30This would allow the state to buy a total of 150,000 apartments and rent them out permanently at affordable rates.
43:40And that's forever.
43:41Why don't we do that?
43:43Why don't we do it, Vienna?
43:45Oh, don't tell me!
43:47Vienna, Vienna
43:48Oh, Vienna, Vienna, Vienna
43:50Who would even want to go to Vienna?
43:52Except for your grandma
43:53I don't have a grandmother
43:54But how am I supposed to live?
43:57In Austria, rents are on average sometimes only half as high as in Germany.
44:01Because many apartments there are owned by municipalities or cooperatives
44:04Yes, Austria spends significantly less money per capita on affordable housing than Germany.
44:09But it has eight times as many subsidized apartments.
44:11But if you already own so many apartments, then you don't need to build, build, build anymore.
44:20Oh man!
44:21Tell me, Ms. Hubertz, what you're doing, why are we doing it?
44:24This is all incredibly expensive!
44:25Yes, in order to save money, states and municipalities sold off apartments to corporations in the 2000s.
44:32And now, of the four million social housing units, we only have one million left.
44:37That means three million social housing units are now on the open market, right?
44:45I have an idea!
44:46Me too
44:47Build
44:48That's it, Verena
44:49No no no
44:51We're simply taking back the apartments.
44:54Through socialization
44:57I can't do that, that, that.
44:59How come?
45:00I am a social democrat
45:01Oh, yes, that's right.
45:02That's not possible.
45:07That doesn't work
45:08No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
45:10And let me tell you something, no, with your radical expropriation fantasies...
45:16You're standing there all alone.
45:18No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
45:19In Berlin in 2021, almost 60% of Berliners voted in favor of expropriating housing companies.
45:25And the socialization law will soon be put to a vote in Berlin.
45:30But that would be stealing, stealing, stealing
45:34No, it wouldn't.
45:35Do you know who said the following quote?
45:38The remunicipalization of residential property is a milestone for housing in our city.
45:45That must have been Red Heidi.
45:46No, that was the mayor of Dresden, Hilbert.
45:49When he started to buy back the apartments that had been sold off for the city.
45:54And do you know which party he belongs to?
45:57In the FDP
45:58Oh, those left-wing nutcases!
46:00And do you know how much he earns back on the buyback?
46:06Listen, that's, that's madness!
46:08They are selling off our apartments to investors like you.
46:11This makes affordable housing increasingly scarce.
46:14There are far too few social housing units.
46:16Then he increases the rents for recipients of citizen's benefits.
46:20Which you then pay for with our tax money
46:23That costs an incredible amount.
46:26And against whom is the sentiment being stirred up?
46:28Against recipients of citizen's income because they supposedly cost too much.
46:31But it's perfectly clear what we should be doing instead.
46:35Isn't that right? We would need housing on a large scale.
46:38Build, build, build
46:42That was the institution
46:43Today with Timo Wapps and this plague
46:47I'm like a wrecking ball
46:51The house was already full.
46:55Unfortunately, that coincides with the start of the train season.
46:59Just do it with your little daughters
47:03No one is moving in there anymore.
47:07That would be awesome!
47:07Like Brent!
47:08How?
47:09How?
47:09How?
47:09How?
47:10How?
47:11How?
47:11How?
47:11How?
