Viennese housing project: Exclusive senior apartments for queer people planned!

Viennese housing project: Exclusive senior apartments for queer people planned!

In an explosive announcement, the city of Vienna is planning new residential complexes that are causing a huge stir. The red-pink city government is rolling up its sleeves to provide older queer seniors with 45 brand new community apartments in Mariahilf! The former building of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) at Stumpergasse 56 is to be converted into an exclusive residential complex. The apartments, ranging in size from 50 to 120 square meters, will shine with ecological standards. The highlight: a shared apartment for assisted living with its own terrace, tailor-made for the needs of queer seniors!

But not everyone is enthusiastic about this initiative. The FPÖ is launching a counterattack and is not giving a damn about the “queer agenda”. Maximilian Krauss, club chairman of the Vienna FPÖ, vents his anger and criticizes the project as “queer madness” that raises the red and pink flags of the city government. The FPÖ is determined to question these plans and will send a juicy question to city councilor Kathrin Gaal: Why is money being wasted here while many Viennese families are fighting for survival?

FPÖ fires on SPÖ: Missed opportunities for cheap housing?

Lukas Bruckner, state party secretary of the Vienna FPÖ, pours fuel on the fire of the debate and speaks of a “special class chutzpah” of the SPÖ. He accuses the SPÖ of having made living in municipal buildings almost unaffordable by increasing rents, while the “countless” residents are stuck in apartments in need of renovation. Despite FPÖ initiatives to reduce rents and reform the tenancy law, the SPÖ is stubborn. Bruckner's sarcastic aside: Lindner and district leader Rumelhart could already be planning their own queer residence!

But how big is the response from seniors? Statistics Austria reveals that only a tiny fraction of the population - a whopping 164 people in Austria - cannot be clearly assigned to a gender, and these are spread across all age groups. So will this spectacular measure really provide the home many people are hoping for? The answer is open!