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Vienna, a city that regularly tops the list of the world's most livable cities [1], has 80% rental rate [2]. Most German cities are dominated by rental, e.g. Be
by YorkshireSeason 8y ago
Vienna, a city that regularly tops the list of the world's most livable cities [1], has 80% rental rate [2]. Most German cities are dominated by rental, e.g. Berlin.
[1] https://mobilityexchange.mercer.com/Insights/quality-of-living-rankings https://mobilityexchange.mercer.com/Insights/quality-of-livi...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/12/vienna-housing-policy-uk-rent-controls https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/12/vienna-housi...
- wukerplank 8y agoA huge chunk of the Viennese flats are publicly owned.[1] I think it's very hard to replicate for other cities. It's the result of decades of social democratic governance. Two things they do really well: Keeping rent prices low by "dumping" and preventing ghettoisation by creating affordable housing in every district, not just some crappy areas. [1] http://milwaukeeclt.org/2017/07/10/how-vienna-ensures-affordable-housing-with-an-extremely-complicated-housing-system/ http://milwaukeeclt.org/2017/07/10/how-vienna-ensures-afford...