Compared to other cities Vienna still seems like a role model when it comes to affordable housing
➡️very much because of the large share of social housing and a small segment that is not regulated at all. @thomasritt.bsky.social & @maraverlic.bsky.social pictured the challenges VIE still has to face.

@justinkadi.bsky.social & @sarahkumnig.bsky.social from @tuwien.at presented their study about investors' professional strategies to displace tenants from their homes. They found out that one third of the historic buildings in Vienna have changed their owners within the last 20 years.

@barbarasteenbergen, Head of International Union of Tenants (IUT) stated that the best protection of tenants are unlimited rental contracts. 📝

Today we talk about about European #housing markets under pressure @arbeiterkammer.at together with local and international experts: veranstaltung.akwien.at/de/arbeiterk...

Bis Samstag 22.3. können noch Beiträge eingereicht werden für diese spannende Konferenz im September: #CaringForTheCity. Ich freue mich, eine Session zu "Urban development and Housing in Times of multiple challenges" zu hosten. Danke @conmion.bsky.social für die Einladung und Organisation!

Eine detailliertere Aufschlüsselung der Folgekosten findet sich im Policy Paper der @volkshilfe.bsky.social: www.volkshilfe.at/wp-content/u...