julian schmidt is on his way home and he's not looking forward to the evening ahead. tonight his own home is a rink for the round of the real estate power find. somebody was. nice enough to come in to see the. like stereo typical angle for hipsters from abroad. and it. keeps the visitors are interested in buying the flat that philly and schmidt rents. so they'll come in and then. take a look at. it should be a brief affair. it's a small apartment and he's sixty square metre. the parents sleep on the pull out in the living room their seven year old son and four year old daughters sleep next door. this is where the kids sleep. they ask is there to. fill in smith moved in here when he was still a student now the flat is up for sale to potential buyers have a right. to follow you from the real estate agency. yes. the agent to arrange the appointment his clients wish to remain anonymous there from abroad and want to invest in berlin's property market. florian schmidt is a member of the green party and the counsellor responsible for urban development public space and facili

julian schmidt dreams of a city where real estate is in the hands of housing corporative and small property owners. this form a post office tower in smith's district with the intention of installing hundreds of apartments at the time of filming this report he had locked horns over the development with schmidt he believed voters and politicians should have a say. in a complaint the district was delaying the building permit he found a lucrative interim solution though by renting a few floors out as office space. on this day he was using that space to host a new year's event. was his plans for sort of luxury apartments in the tower with welfare housing relegated to a chase and buildings. nice to see you he's become my secret weapon. i didn't hear every day each of the individual standing up here go that extra mile. since it's not a sacrifice but cation time i was present get in trouble with their partners at home because they can't explain why. or because they're suspected of having joined a second movement and as active as i'm. so i'd like to say a big thank you to you my colleagues. but ther