Research Database

Wieser, R., Mundt, A. (2014):

In: Journal of European Real Estate Research (reviewed) 4/2014.

This study introduces a new methodology to assess housing related state expenditures in a European comparison. Austria shows relatively low public expenditures on housing of below 0.9% of GDP. Quite impressive is the constant development with a steady decrease of the share of housing related state expenditures.

Amann, W. (2014):

In: Immolex, Herbst 2014.

The article provides insight to legal regulations on subsidies for elderly housing in Austria.

Amann, W. (2016):

2016; affordability; Europe; CEE; CIS; SEE; HFI; housing; housing demand; Amann; international; social

Mundt, A.; Springler, E. (2016):

In: Lunde, Whitehead (2016): Milestones in European Housing Finance (UK, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.).

This book chapter is part of a larger comparison on housing finance developments during the last 25 years in over 20 European countries. It addresses the Austrian case and shows how a stable housing finance framework, strongly influenced by public but increasingly also private housing finance, has contributed to favourable outcomes and resilience to external shocks.

Amann, W., Jurasszovich, S. (2017):

In: Housing Finance International, Winter 2016.

At the Habitat III Conference in October 2016 the "New Urban Agenda" was approved. It intends to be a main document for the future development of cities and housing. The paper reviews the Agenda and highlights missing issues.

Mundt, A. (2017):

In: International Journal of Housing Policy. Published May 2017.

Recently, housing costs have increased considerably in and around the main Austrian cities. For low-income households and vulnerable groups on the housing market, the nine Austrian regions have set up housing benefit schemes as income-dependent monetary transfers to cover housing costs, and, for destitute households, minimum income schemes as a subsidiary safety net of last resort. As the schemes are designed and interact very differently across the regions, it is unclear whether low-income households are protected sufficiently by them to meet housing costs. This contribution applies a comprehensive residual income approach to housing affordability in order to identify market segments and household types where affordability is at risk. This is done by calculating overall benefit levels across four different household types and four different income levels in the nine Austrian regions, and comparing these with typical regional housing costs. Desk research is complemented with 26 qualitative interviews with policy practitioners to scrutinise and discuss the results. We find that especially in and around the capital city, Vienna, and some other main Austrian cities, overall benefits do not cover common housing costs, resulting in insufficient funds for necessary non-housing expenses. Policy recommendations are discussed in an international context.

Mundt (2018):

In: Critical Housing Analysis 5/1/2018, p. 12-25, peer-reviewed Journal.

This paper analysis the current state of the successful Austrian system of affordable housing provision.

Mundt, A., Amann, W. (2018):

In: Bortel, G., Gruis, V., Nieuwenhuijzen, J., Pluijmers, B. (Ed., 2018): Affordable Housing Governance and Finance. Innovations, partnerships and comparative perspectives (London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis).

This paper analyses experiences in Vienna with a new tool of housing finance between subsidy and market.

IIBW (2019):

(IIBW working paper).

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Amann, W., Wagner, K. (2019):

In: Hypostat 2019.

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.