Vienna

my perfect city: Vienna, Austria

By: Daniel Aguirre

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What problems are the city trying to resolve?

At the end of the First World War, living conditions in Vienna were dire, with many people struggling to feed themselves and the poorest residents crowded into sub-standard housing.

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The Austrian government wat to prevent pockets of poverty or ghettos from forming, this housing is spread throughout the city, including in the very touristy 1st district, just a stone’s throw from St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

What measures are city leaders taking to resolve the problem?

There are around 200,000 subsidized housing units in the capital. This means that almost half of Vienna’s housing stock consists of social housing and, according to municipal figures,

60%

residents live in rent-controlled flats.

Vienna, on the other hand, has always retained ownership of its housing, which has kept rents affordable.

Between 1945 and 1956, 50,000 new homes were built. As a result, Vienna now has 220,000 municipal housing units, a quarter of the capital’s entire housing stock.

the average cost of housing in Vienna is €9.8/m² compared with €27.8 in Paris and €20.1 in London.

What are some of the positive aspects to these measures that experts in the podcast address? What are some of the shortcomings? Did the critics vote to make these measures part of a ‘perfect city’? Why or why not?

Vienna is not entirely immune to the increases in rental prices that can be seen in many European countries. Between 2008 and 2016, rents for privately owned housing Europe rose by more than 40 percent.

In the podcast the vote was unanimous in Vienna's social housing, one of their main points were that is important to mix people together in order to shorten the social gap between the rich and the poor.

What are other interesting points brought up in the podcast?

An interesting point brought up in the podcast is that it would narrow down the divide of the rich and the poor by mixing them up in the same capital city and both having consistent housing.

Do the problems in this podcast also exist in your hometown? Show one piece evidence to prove your point. If so, do you believe similar measures could be taken by local officials to resolve these problems?

In colombia homeless ness is a big problem there are 3.8 million households, nearly 30% of all families, do not have adequate homes (according to Ministry of Housing estimates from 2013)

In Colombia, there been a plan to solve this problem. As of 2012, the Free Housing Program (PVG) is created, or the 100% Subsidized Housing Program, which seeks through a subsidy not previously created, in kind, to grant free housing units to the most vulnerable households in the country.

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