Locuinţa socială în Austria
Social housing in Austria

Author(s): Raluca Petre
Subject(s): Human Geography, Applied Geography, Sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: INCD URBAN-INCERC
Keywords: social housing; housing stock; rent; ownership
Summary/Abstract: Providing of social housing is a real problem for millions of families in the European Union and in the world, most intense being felt in the states most affected by the current economic crisis. Providing social housing in Austria had substantial reforms in 2009, when the state has withdrawn the financing and the formerly budget dedicated to promoting housing has been integrated into the general budget of the federal provinces. The social housing stock represents around 24% of the housing stock of the country, of which 60% is owned by municipalities and public companies. Despite the economic crisis Austria has maintained extensive subsidies and it has granted allowances for housing, mainly for rent regulated and non-market housing.

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