Associations in Vienna: New funding for sustainable living

Associations in Vienna: New funding for sustainable living

In Vienna, a new funding measure for assemblies is implemented. With these special residential projects, several households merged to shape their habitat together. The idea behind it is not only to create individual apartments, but also to develop social and sustainable common areas such as kitchens, libraries or event rooms. This form of living promotes neighborhood formation and enables residents to actively participate in the design of their surroundings.

With the adaptation of the Vienna Housing Funding and Residential Renewal Renaction Act (WWFSG), an independent funding rail for assemblies is now being created. While the funding previously ran through home or housing development depending on the project design, the new regulation opens up more flexibility. This ensures that the assemblies have better opportunities overall to create and maintain socially sustainable living space.

new opportunities for future residents

It is particularly interesting that the statutory new regulation also encourages future residents to organize itself before the start of construction. This means that neighborhood formation can take place before moving in. Future residents now have the option of applying for their own aid loans from the city of Vienna for their apartments, which helps them enormously with the financing. In addition, it is also possible to apply for residential aid, which can reduce the financial burden for the residents.

According to Vice Mayor and Councilor Kathrin Gaál (SPÖ), the creation of a legal framework that allows assemblies to plan to plan flexibly is of great importance: "With the new legal basis, we enable assemblies in Vienna to be able to flexibly plan and implement their projects, and thus strengthen the socially sustainable living space in the city." It emphasizes that the innovative way of building always brings a positive improvement in the living environment, which is of great importance for the social structures in Vienna.

also Selma Arapovic, the residential building spokeswoman for Neos Vienna, emphasizes the importance of these innovations: "In assemblies, people shape their living space together and actively live in a community. They focus on sustainability, community formation and flexible forms of living." Their note underlines the social dimension of these projects that go beyond the pure living space.

These developments in Vienna's housing policy are characterized by social sustainability and are an important step in order to make the city's range of housing attractive and affordable for both current and future generations.

For more information on this topic, the detailed report to be referred.