Research Database

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.

Amann, W., Jurasszovich, S. (2016):

(Wien: IIBW, im Auftrag der ARE Austrian Real Estate).

ARE, Austrian Real Estate, is a State owned real estate development company with more than 600 properties under management. It has committed to a housing programme, consisting of 10,000 units to be startet until 2020. IIBW was assigned to analyse markets and propose a structure of quantities and products.

IIBW, Umweltbundesamt (2020):

(Wien: IIBW & Umweltbundesamt, im Auftrag der Verbände Forschungsverband der österreichischen Baustoffindustrie, Gebäudehülle+Dämmstoff Industrie 2050, WKO – Fachverband Steine und Keramische Industrie, Zentralverband industrieller Bauproduktehersteller).

Deep housing refurbishment is key to reach the Austrian climate goals. With this study the project partners IIBW and Environment Agency Austria prepare a precise definition of a "refurbishment rate" and a methodology to measure and monitor.

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 (2020):

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

This booklet gives an overview of housing subsidies in Austria.

IIBW (2019):

(IIBW working paper).

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