Red Vienna housing schemes
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Red Vienna housing schemes were an ambitious early 20th-century municipal social housing program in Vienna that created large, well-designed apartment complexes to provide affordable, high-quality living conditions for the working class.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipal social housing program
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public housing initiative ⓘ urban planning project ⓘ |
| aim |
improve living conditions of low-income residents
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provide affordable housing for the working class ⓘ reduce overcrowding and slum housing ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Gemeindebauten of Red Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gemeindebau
NERFINISHED
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modernist architecture ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy | Vienna municipal housing office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Austria ⓘ |
| designPrinciple |
access to shared amenities
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high-quality construction for low-income housing ⓘ light and air for all apartments ⓘ |
| endTime | 1934 ⓘ |
| feature |
communal courtyards
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green spaces ⓘ integrated social services ⓘ laundries and bathhouses ⓘ libraries and cultural facilities ⓘ on-site kindergartens ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
luxury goods taxes
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municipal housing tax ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | curtailed after 1934 Austrian Civil War ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Municipality of Vienna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Social Democratic Workers’ Party of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
municipal socialism
ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | German ⓘ |
| legacy |
model for later European social housing
ⓘ
symbol of Red Vienna’s social policy ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Vienna ⓘ |
| mainBeneficiaries | industrial working class of Vienna ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Fuchsenfeldhof
NERFINISHED
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George-Washington-Hof NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl-Marx-Hof NERFINISHED ⓘ Matteotti-Hof NERFINISHED ⓘ Reumannhof NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandleitenhof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDwellings | more than 60,000 apartments ⓘ |
| numberOfResidentsServed | around 200,000 people ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Austrofascist regime
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
conservative parties in Austria ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Red Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialImpact |
improved public health conditions
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reduced housing shortages in Vienna ⓘ strengthened working-class communities ⓘ |
| startTime | 1923 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
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