STAMBENE SUBVENCIJE U AUSTRIJI POVIJESNI RAZVOJ I KONCEPTI
HOUSING PROMOTION IN AUSTRIA HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONCEPTS

Summary/Abstract: Starting with a comparison of the Austrian system of housing promotion with those of other European countries, the article deals with the development of the present system. The description of the history of housing promotion in Austria goes back to the 19th century when public action in housing was very limited. The today's system of security of tenure was introduced during the Austrian monarchyat the end of world war I; the respective principles were transformed into a republican law in the 1920s. At that time promotion of housing construction via a special tax system was only performed by the city of Vienna. On a nation wide base housing promotion was founded in the years after the end of world war II, when a political consensus could be reached about its necessity.lnfunctionallinkagewith non-profit housing a system of public subsidization of housing construction - mainly via public loans and later on via operating subsidies in addition - was created. Public funds for housing promotion were and still are fed by a certain share of income and corporation tax as well as repayments for the pubfc loans. Public grants are not restricted to the rental sector but also go to owner occupied dwellings as well as homeowners.

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