Record numbers at Lower Austria Wohnbau hotline: 18,255 Inquiries 2025!

Record numbers at Lower Austria Wohnbau hotline: 18,255 Inquiries 2025!

St. Pölten, Österreich - The demand for housing and renovation funding in Lower Austria reached a new highlight in the first half of 2025. According to the Kosmo, the Wohnbau-Hotline recorded a total of 18,255 inquiries during this period. The majority of these inquiries are aimed at renovation projects, with particularly great interest in energy -efficient modernization measures such as window renewal, thermal insulation and heating modernization.

In 2024, a four percent grant was introduced on annuity loans, which applies for a period of ten years and is specially provided for the state's renovation funding. This funding is even available for minor renovation work, even if there is no energy certificate. Almost half of the inquiries made over the hotline refers to specific renovation measures.

advisory services and measure

Since the introduction of the Lower Austria Wohnbau hotline in 2005, 470,000 people have already been advised. Interested parties can take advantage of telephone advice from Monday to Thursday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and on Friday until 2 p.m. on 02742/22133. In addition, personal consulting appointments are offered in district offices and in St. Pölten.

In order to present the funding opportunities, housing subsidies will be represented at various trade fairs in the coming months. These include the Gartenbaesse Tulln from August 28th to September 1st, the Bau & Energie Wieselburg from October 17th to 19th, the Hollabrunn house building from November 7th to 9th and the Best Ager Expo Tulln from November 28th to 30th. Further information is available on the website www.noe.gv.at, and funding applications can also be filled and submitted there.

energy -efficient renovation and federal funding

The energetic renovation of buildings is not only funded in Lower Austria, but also nationwide. The [Wüstenrot] (https://www.wuestenrot.de/moderrot/foerderung-energetic renovation) reports of extensive support programs that are financially supported by the federal funding for efficient buildings (BEG). Funding is available for the all -round renovation of real estate, individual renovation measures, energy advice as well as for specialist planning and construction support.

supports of the programs such as the loan institution for reconstruction (KfW) and the Federal Office for Economics and Export Control (BAFA) offer different subsidies. For example, up to 70% grants for climate -friendly heating systems are granted, while up to 45% grant is possible for the complete renovation of a property.

new construction and renovation funding at the federal level

Another aspect is the new building funding, which was launched in 2023 by the [Federal Government] (https://www.bundes- Region.de/breg-de/aktuelles/neubau-und-sanierung-foerdern-2038426). This initiative aims to support climate -friendly building and the formation of residential property. With a budget of around two billion euros, around 46,000 new apartments were funded in 2023.

Since December 2023, the application for new funding in the area of "climate -friendly new building" has no longer been possible, but the funding for residential property remains entitled to apply. Funding bonuses should create incentives for energy -based renovation, and the basic funding rates will move from 2024 towards maximum funding of up to 20 percent for specific renovation measures.