Research Database

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.

IIBW (2013):

(Wien: IIBW, im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie).

This study uses several data sources to analyze the effects of the research programe "Haus der Zukunft" ("Building of Tomorrow") on the Austrian housebuilding industry and the built environment.

Amann, W., Oberhuber, A. Mundt, A. (2019):

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

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

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.

IIBW/E7 (2015):

(EBRD Residential Energy Efficiency Policy Dialogue).

On the basis of statistical data from the household panael of the national statistical office, the project analyses housing costs and affordability issues in Ukraine.

UNECE/REM (2019):

(Geneve: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Real Estate Market Advisory Group).

As Austrian Delegate to the UN "Real Estate Market Advisory Group" Dr. Amann contributed to these UN Guidelines on Sustainable Real Estate Markets. The Guidelines address to the UN Sustainability Targets and the UN Urban Agenda.

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.

Amann, W. (2015):

(Prepared for FHI 360 Public Private Partnership Development Program, P3DP).

The project targeted to identify existing initiatives of public-private partnerships (PPP) in the Ukrainian housing and construction sector and to define framework conditions to enforce them.

Preference (Lead) / Stockholm University_eGovLab / IIBW / Allies / City of Stockholm (2018-2021):

(JPI Urban Europe, Programme "Making Cities Work").

In an effort to enable an informed and transparent policy making process for sustainable decision making and closing gaps between different stakeholders, this project aims to create a digitalized and user-friendly workflow by integrating and adapting existing market survey and decision analysis methods.

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.