1910
The drastic extent of the housing shortage in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century is hard to imagine today. Overpriced, tiny rented apartments, which tenants had to share with beggars for cost reasons, characterized the life of the lower classes. (…)
Even in comparison to the otherwise not rosy conditions in other parts of Europe, Vienna was a special case of mass impoverishment. It is therefore not surprising that the term “Viennese disease” developed into an internationally used term for tuberculosis. (…)
From 1910 onwards, tenant strikes and tenant revolts became more frequent in the imperial and royal capitals of Budapest and Vienna. These conditions forced the first imperial tenant protection ordinances in 1917 and a Rent Act in 1922, which this time set a positive example for social legislation in Europe.
2024
Municipal housing and social housing policy have a tradition of more than 100 years in Vienna. The aim was to provide affordable, high-quality housing for a broad section of the population. Since then, housing complexes with kindergartens, schools, libraries and community facilities have been created.
This tradition was continued with subsidized housing in Vienna. Today, the Viennese housing subsidy is one of the most important instruments for ensuring a sufficient supply of affordable housing in the future as demand increases due to population growth in Vienna.
Source: Wohnservice Wien
2040
Citizen participation on the basis of the master plan has now become an elementary and standardized component of planning processes in Vienna’s urban district planning.
The application criteria formulated in the Master Plan for Participatory Urban Development allow for a comprehensible and transparent implementation of participation procedures in connection with urban planning; at an early stage, long before the information obligations and opportunities to comment enshrined in the Vienna Building Code. Citizens can contribute their needs and suggestions as early as the concept phase and planning benefits from the local knowledge of those involved.
Source: Blog Stadtentwicklung Wien
Source: Mieterschutz Wien
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