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Vienna is a another example of successful housing policy. The majority of the population live as rentiers in government or nonprofit owned housing. And that do
by jabl 6y ago
Vienna is a another example of successful housing policy. The majority of the population live as rentiers in government or nonprofit owned housing. And that doesn't mean some shabby slum tenements, but nice middle-class homes. Apparently this also keeps private sector prices reasonable.
One article about it: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vienna-affordable-housing-paradise_n_5b4e0b12e4b0b15aba88c7b0 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vienna-affordable-housing-par...
> limit building size to regulate the residential to business employee ratio, which allows supply and demand to start working.
Isn't this the opposite of what is needed? Build denser so that people can live closer to their workplaces?
- telesilla 6y agoVienna is an excellent example of housing that works. Friends of mine live there as not well paid artists and have beautiful, independent apartments, doing grand things with their lives. It's enviable.