New housing system in Vienna: from May 1st available for everyone!

New housing system in Vienna: from May 1st available for everyone!

Wien, Österreich - From May 1, 2025, a fundamental innovation in the housing gibbes comes into force in Vienna. The initiative, which was announced today, aims to better do justice to the individual living needs of the Viennese and will be heralded with the gradual implementation of the housing administration. This reform will enable the personal living conditions of the applicants to take more into account instead of relying on a rigid criteria catalog. This is reported by the city of Vienna in its current press release ( press.wien.gv.at ).

An essential aspect of the new regulations is to change the basic requirements for the main residence. From May 1, 2025, a continuous main residence of two years in Vienna, regardless of the number of addresses. In addition, a new award category with the name "housing costs" is introduced, which should support tenants from the private rental sector that can no longer manage their housing costs. A prerequisite for the preservation of this support is a positive decision for residential allowance or rental allowance.

New living opportunities for students and long-term Viennese

It is also noteworthy that from May 1, 2025, up to 1,000 community apartments will be provided for students. These apartments, which are between 35 and 45 square meters in size, would be awarded to cheap guideline rents. The search for the apartments can be conveniently online via the website of the Wohnberatung Vienna

In order to take into account the concerns of the long-standing Viennese, the Vienna bonus remains, which ensures these groups advantages in the home edition. Unlimited rental contracts in social housing are also retained, which guarantees stability for tenants.

futuristic vision with a central living ticket

Another future-oriented element of the reform is the introduction of a central Viennese living ticket, which is expected in 2026. This ticket will merge the previous categories of community apartments and subsidized apartments and thus create clear and uniform access routes. In addition, a flexible evaluation system is developed that can reflect the individual life situations of the applicants even more precisely.

The city of Vienna has already started an initiative in advance that supported people with expiring, limited rental contracts. This measure made it possible to move around 1,000 people to permanent municipal apartments and represents a first step towards a more dynamic and fairer housing market. Developments in social housing are on the right path to continue to offer an attractive living environment for everyone in the future.