Anonymous
ID: wMe/wo0q
7/10/2025, 2:44:54 PM No.510005283
>be Vienna
>post-WWI housing crisis
>govt: "we should build houses for people lol"
>starts massive public housing project in 1920s
>called "Red Vienna" 'cause socialist policies
>funded by taxing luxury goods and the rich
>actually works
>fast forward to today
>over 60% of population lives in social or subsidized housing
>municipal govt owns ~220,000 apartments
>also subsidizes private developers to build more
>requirements: must include affordable units and stay cheap for decades
>no "poor people ghettos"
>middle class allowed to live in social housing too
>means low segregation and high integration
>rents regulated
>evictions rare
>housing is treated like a right, not an investment
>meanwhile in rest of the world
>sky-high rents
>landlords buying up entire cities
>"why can't we have affordable housing?"
>Vienna: "lmao just build it"
>post-WWI housing crisis
>govt: "we should build houses for people lol"
>starts massive public housing project in 1920s
>called "Red Vienna" 'cause socialist policies
>funded by taxing luxury goods and the rich
>actually works
>fast forward to today
>over 60% of population lives in social or subsidized housing
>municipal govt owns ~220,000 apartments
>also subsidizes private developers to build more
>requirements: must include affordable units and stay cheap for decades
>no "poor people ghettos"
>middle class allowed to live in social housing too
>means low segregation and high integration
>rents regulated
>evictions rare
>housing is treated like a right, not an investment
>meanwhile in rest of the world
>sky-high rents
>landlords buying up entire cities
>"why can't we have affordable housing?"
>Vienna: "lmao just build it"
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