Privileged but Challenged: The State of Social Housing in Austria in 2018

Mundt, Alexis

doi:10.13060/23362839.2018.5.1.408

Cited by 19 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This is not to say that policy retrenchment played no role. Federal funding for housing subsidies declined in Austria in real terms since the mid-1990s, the earmarking of housing subsidies was abolished (Streimelweger, 2014) and a right to buy was introduced in parts of the limited-profit housing stock (Mundt, 2018). In the longer view, the relevance of subsidized housing in new construction in Austria has also declined.…”

Section: Discussion: Accounting For Stabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The remarkable stability of social housing in Vienna and Helsinki: a multi-dimensional analysis

Kadi

Lilius

2022

Housing Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The supply of social housing has been marked by erosion and decline in most Western Europe countries since the 1990s, albeit with considerable variation in timing, speed and degree. Recently, it has been suggested that the sector has kept a more prominent position at the local level, at least in some cities. This paper scrutinizes this claim by comparing the development of social housing in two cities in two distinct national housing systems that have traditionally had a strong commitment to social housing: Vienna and Helsinki. To do so, we build a multi-dimensional framework that encompasses sector size, stock privatization, new housing production, and residualization. We empirically demonstrate a remarkable stability along these dimensions in both cases, albeit with some differences in degree. A number of factors need to be considered to explain this stability. They relate to aspects of institutional design of the social housing systems, as well as to continuity in policies at national and local levels.

show abstract

Section: Discussion: Accounting For Stabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The remarkable stability of social housing in Vienna and Helsinki: a multi-dimensional analysis

Kadi

Lilius

2022

Housing Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Policymakers coming from a tradition of more universalistic systems might fine-tune these tools to keep the BMR sector less residualized, even if eligibility is narrower defined at the outset. E.g., as in the case of Austria, deposits can be a significant barrier to entry for low-income households (Mundt, 2018). Moreover, in systems without periodic eligibility reviews (like Austria), sitting tenants will not be affected and only gradually substituted with households who entered the sector under more targeted access rules.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Housing regimes and residualization of the subsidized rental sector in Europe 2005-2016

Angel

2021

Housing Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Residualization refers to the process whereby publicly subsidized rental housing moves towards a position in which it provides only a safety net for low-income households. In this paper we quantify residualization based on the income profile of households in the below market rates (BMR) rental sector. Various residualization indicators for 12 European countries from EU-SILC data are calculated. First, we explore the effect of the size of the BMR sector and the cost of alternative tenure types on residualization. Second, we investigate if there are similar trends of residualization from 2005 to 2016. We find that decreases in the share of the BMR sector are associated with significant increases in residualization. Increases in rent differences between the BMR and market rate rental sector are related to larger degrees of residualization. We further observe a rising level of residualization for most countries. However, countries with allocation systems that aim at broader income groups still display the lowest degree of residualization.

show abstract

“…In a similar vein, van Duijne and Ronald's (2018) study of Amsterdam shows how the unitary rental market has been unravelling by exploring processes of dualisation between social and private housing. Research on Vienna's housing system has highlighted the integrated nature of its rental market (Mundt and Amann, 2010), analysed the state of social housing and current challenges in Vienna (Mundt, 2018), and investigated changes in social housing policy (Lévy-Vroelant and . Another strand of research assesses how policy reforms impact on housing conditions rather than the housing system (Kadi and Musterd, 2014;.…”

Section: Katharina Litschauer and Michael Frieseneckermentioning

confidence: 99%

Vienna

Kazepov¹,

Verwiebe²

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This book explores and debates the urban transformations that have taken place in Vienna over the past 30 years and their consequences in policy fields such as labour and housing, political and social participation and the environment. Historically, European cities have been characterised by a strong association between social cohesion, quality of life, economic ambition and a robust State. Vienna is an excellent example for that. In more recent years, however, cities were pressured to change policy principles and mechanisms in the context of demographic shifts, post-industrial transformations and welfare recalibration which have led to worsened social conditions in many cities. Each chapter in this volume discusses Vienna's responses to these pressures in key policy arenas, looking at outcomes from the context-specific local arrangements. Against a theoretical framework debating the European city as a model of inclusion and social justice, authors explore the local capacity to innovate urban policies and to address new social risks, while paying attention to potential trade-offs.The book questions and assesses the city's resilience using time series and an institutional analysis of four key dimensions that characterise the European city model within the context of post-industrial transition: redistribution, recognition, representation and sustainability. It offers a multiscalar perspective of urban governance through labour, housing, participatory and environmental policies, bringing together different levels and public policy types.Vienna: Still a Just City? is aimed at academics, researchers and policymakers in urban studies, including urban sociology, ecology, geography and welfare.Yuri Kazepov is a professor of International Urban Sociology and Compared Welfare Systems at the University of Vienna (Austria). Among his fields of interest are multilevel governance, the territorial dimension of social policies. On these issues, he has been carrying out comparative research and evaluation activities for the EU and National Agencies.Roland Verwiebe is a professor of Social Stratification Research at the University of Potsdam (Germany). His research interests include the domains of social inequality, migration, attitudes and values as well as quality of life in the city. On these topics, he has published in leading international journals. Built Environment City StudiesThe Built Environment City Studies series provides researchers and academics with a detailed look at individual cities through a specific lens. These concise books delve into a case study of an international city, focusing on a key built environment topic. Written by scholars from around the world, the collection provides a library of thorough studies into trends, developments and approaches that affect our cities.

show abstract

Privileged but Challenged: The State of Social Housing in Austria in 2018

Cited by 19 publications

References 12 publications

The remarkable stability of social housing in Vienna and Helsinki: a multi-dimensional analysis

The remarkable stability of social housing in Vienna and Helsinki: a multi-dimensional analysis

Housing regimes and residualization of the subsidized rental sector in Europe 2005-2016

Vienna

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About