Abstract
In recent years the main political issue of housing policy in Vienna has been privatization and shifting supports from object to subject. Compared with Berlin's reconstruction movement which leads the plan by private developers, Austrian capital has promoted the land management and urban renewal mainly by public sectors. The City of Vienna plays a special and important part in the function of housing renovations. This paper aims to analyze the effect of subsidies and to point out Viennese housing problems from distinguished historical and political discussions. The result being that the housing policy in Vienna is still dominated by local government, but a section of privatization is also recognized.
