Research Database

IIBW (2024):

(In: www.iibw.at).

The short study presents the Austrian housing policy model with its core elements of limited-profit housing (LPHA) and housing subsidies.

Mundt, A., Wagner, K., Angel, S., Amann, W. (2024):

In: The International Journal of Housing Policy.

This contribution to the International Journal of Housing Policy examines the question of why the home ownership rate amongst young households declined in Austria similar to other countries. The focus is on the national level, as well as on a detailed analysis of the situation in Lower Austria and Vorarlberg.

Amann, W. (2024):

In: Housing Finance International, spring 2024 edition.

In the context of the "New European Bauhaus" initiative "Rebuild Ukraine", IIBW has developed a new legislative approach on affordable housing. In this paper, the model law on "Common Good Housing" is presented.

Angel, S., Mundt, A. (2024):

In: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 3/2024

Across Europe, there is a trend to re-focus social housing on the most economically vulnerable groups (“residualisation”). The paper investigates whether this trend is also observed in Austria, a conservative welfare state with a social housing system open to a broad range of households and a long tradition of municipal housing.

Amann, W., Wagner, K. (2023):

In: Hypostat 2023.

This country chapter on Austrian housing and mortgage markets within the well-known Hypostat publication is a co-production of the IIBW and experienced housing finance experts.

Amann, W., Preßmair, G. (2023):

In: Housing Finance International, autumn 2023 edition.

Thermally activated building structures (TABS) operated with heat pumps is becoming widely used in building construction. Among many other advantages, the inertia of this heating system can be used to stabilize electric power grids. In this paper, the outcomes of a IIBW study from 2023 is described.

Amann, W. (2005):

In: The Housing Finance International Journal, 12/2005.

This paper explores the possibilities to encourage the establishment of affordable rental housing in transition countries.

Amann, W.; Mundt, A. (2006):

(IIBW working paper).

This paper analyses the quality of the Austrian system of affordable rental housing within the international context of comparing different housing policy systems.

Amann, W. (2008):

In: Lugger/Holoubek (2008), 3-13.

This book chapter positions the Austrian system of Limited-Profit Housing within an international context.

Amann, W. (2008):

Vortragstext zum Symposium von Asset One am 20. Mai 2008, Graz-Reininghaus. In: Asset One (2008): Nutzungsvielfalt für Graz-Reininghaus.

This paper explores the theoretical framework for the implementation of mixed-use urban spaces, using the example of Graz-Reininghaus.