Research Database

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., Oberhuber, A. Mundt, A. (2023):

(Wien: IIBW, im Auftrag des Landes Wien).

This study is the most comprehensive data collection and analysis available on the Austrian housing subsidy schemes.

EIB, IOM (2024):

At this international workshop, the legal, financial and institutional framework conditions for the introduction of an affordable housing sector in Ukraine were discussed.

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.

IIBW (2023):

(Wien: IIBW, im Auftrag des Fachverbandes Steine-Keramik und der GBV Landesgruppe Tirol).

This booklet gives an overview of housing subsidies in Austria.

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.

IIBW/NHP (2024):

The project aims to position the business case of Limited-Profit-Housing Associations (LPHAs) as Austria's contribution to the "New European Bauhaus" initiative "Rebuild Ukraine".

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.