Vienna remains a social residential building forward: SPÖ defends itself against FPÖ attacks!

Vienna remains a social residential building forward: SPÖ defends itself against FPÖ attacks!

Wien, Österreich - The SPÖ Vienna responded to the recent statements by FPÖ party leader Herbert Kickl. In a press release, Barbara Novak, Wahlkambüm manager of the SPÖ Vienna, criticized Kickl's statements as false and insulting for the Viennese population, which is dependent on affordable living space. She emphasized that Vienna has been the international model for non -profit living for over 100 years and that the city has special status due to its investments in social housing.

Vienna has been investing over one billion euros in new construction and renovation since 2021 and will continue to be in social housing. According to the APA confidence index, Herbert Kickl has the slightest trust among Austrian politicians, while Dominik Nepp, the party chairman of the Viennese FPÖ, enjoys a bad opinion in an OGM survey in 71% of Viennese.

social housing in Vienna

Around 60% of the Viennese population lives in subsidized apartments, with around 500,000 people living in municipal buildings. Rents in Vienna are 30% below the private market, which makes the city an attractive place to live. The contracts for subsidized apartments are unlimited, and the inventory is continuously renovated and expanded. In the last legislative period, 5,700 community apartments were created. With the 2024+ 22,200 new subsidized apartments for over 45,000 Viennese

Social housing in Vienna has a long tradition and started after the First World War in the so -called "Red Vienna". Since then, 220,000 municipal apartments have been completed for over 600,000 residents, supplemented by 200,000 subsidized apartments of non -profit builders. Mayor Michael Ludwig emphasizes the political continuity in this area and leads the success of the city back to social democratic leadership since fascism.

political arguments

Novak criticized the FPÖ for its ignorance of social housing and emphasized that the black and blue federal government privatized the cooperatives, while the SPÖ did not. In the discussion about social housing, Vienna, according to the New York Times, could be called "tenant paradise". In comparison, Germany is fighting with a more complicated situation in which rising rents and privatizations have become the norm.

This independent line helped Vienna to defend its place as one of the most livable cities in the world, which is particularly remarkable because no German city is represented in the top ten. According to the current forecasts, over 600,000 people will live in the municipal building in Vienna in 2024, which underlines the success and acceptance of this model.

Overall, the thirty -year history of social housing in Vienna shows the important role that this policy plays for social cohesion and social diversity.