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Renting is not capped, unless I'm reading your comment wrong and you mean that the city's government influences it. Vienna does not have an explicit cap. Newer
by rettetdemdativ 2y ago
Renting is not capped, unless I'm reading your comment wrong and you mean that the city's government influences it. Vienna does not have an explicit cap. Newer flats and houses are index-bound and rents are raised depending on a certain inflation threshold. Older buildings are usually cheaper and there are strict rules on how much rent can be raised. What Vienna does to make renting an apartment affordable is build social housing. Lots of it. 500.000 people in Vienna live in social housing and the Gemeindebauten are actually nice to live in, priority is given to young Viennese still living with their parents, and you can stay in your apartment even if your income increases. The city can therefore bring down rents in the market as not only the poorest can live in these apartments, but they are a valid choice for many.
There also isn't a ban on Airbnb. As someone else already commented, you can still stay at Airbnbs in Vienna. You cannot rent out apartments in social housing as Airbnbs anymore and there are areas in the city where you would have to get a special permit and other inhabitants of the building would have to agree.
- spacechild1 2y agoRent in old buildings (Altbau) is capped. The problem is that many landlords don't care and there are no penalties. You can charge back the extra rent but then your landlord will probably not extend your contract...
- whilenot-dev 2y agoThat's why: 1. make an unlimited contract 2. sue when you'll leave anyway The statute of limitations is 30 years.
- spacechild1 2y ago> 1. make an unlimited contract That's a good one :-D > The statute of limitations is 30 years. It's actually 10 years. I thought it was less... > 2. sue when you'll leave anyway So that's actually a good strategy! Just note that there are certain deadlines, see https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/Wohnen/altbaumietencheck/FAQ_zum_Altbau-Mietencheck.html https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/Wohnen/altbaumietenc....
- rettetdemdativ 2y agoThat is true, but it only affects buildings built before 1953/1945. I just didn't want to give people a wrong impression of why rents in Vienna are relatively low compared to other European cities of a similar size. It's not a "Mietpreisbremse" of hard cap on all rents.
- whilenot-dev 2y agoRents of Type III[0] are capped[1]. [0]: https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/Wohnen/miete/Anwendungsbereiche_des_Mietrechtsgesetzes.html https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/Wohnen/miete/Anwendu... [1]: https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/mietzinsobergrenzen https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/mietzinsobergrenzen
- rettetdemdativ 2y agoAs I commented further down, that's true. Although category III is about buildings built before 1953/1945. I just didn't want to give people the impression that Vienna has relatively affordable rents because it has a hard cap on all rents. Newer buildings (not as old as 1953 seems to count as new) with index-bound rents have raised rents quite a bit in the past 5 years and have made Altbau very sought-after.
- whilenot-dev 2y agoFair point. It's not only buildings built before 1953/1945 though, social housings (Wohnungen in gefördert errichteten Mietwohnungshäusern mit mehr als 2 Mietgegenständen) are capped as well.
- rettetdemdativ 2y agoThis I didn't know. TIL. Also, thanks for the sources.
- em-bee 2y agoadd to that that in any new building 2/3rd of the apartments must be social housing.