Discussion: Housing in Vienna - Social Content and in Search of New Paths
Despite the gradual liberalization of public housing and the termination of domestic construction in 2004, the city of Vienna has managed, with the aid of subsidies, to keep its grip on a large part of housing production. Only a few years before the millennium, when various model schemes sparked off discussions of new topics like the car-free city, housing for women and everyday situations, and when instruments like the council for building sites and competitions for developers were implemented with a view to improving quality, conditions seemed to be opportune for new ideas.
