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Does Vienna Have the World's Best Council Housing? Swimming Pools, Private TV Channels & More

Channel 4 Documentaries · 246.1K views · 2019-08-08 · 4:11

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Channel 4's George Clarke visits a council estate in Vienna and is surprised by amenities such as swimming pools and private TV channels. It showcases Vienna's high-quality social housing.

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HN points to it as proof that government-provided housing can be attractive, in housing and homelessness threads.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2021–2023

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toomuchtodo · 2023-12 · Recommendation

Government can build if private industry will not. If you argue "we can only fix this with the private sector and private investment", welp, we tried that and we're plain ol' fucked at the moment. Vienna is a great example. [LINK] (Youtube: Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All) [VIDEO] (Youtube: Does Vienna Have the World's Best Council Housing?)

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toomuchtodo · 2023-11 · Recommendation

Vienna is a great example. [LINK] (Youtube: Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All) [VIDEO] (Youtube: Does Vienna Have the World's Best Council Housing?)

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malermeister · 2021-10 · Recommendation

That's just not true. The problem is that government housing is so terrible that sleeping on the street is preferable to some. Public housing in Austria is high quality, cheap and plentiful, with two-thirds of Viennese residents living in it. Coincidentally, homelessness is a non-issue in Austria compared to the US (based on my experience living in the Bay for 10 and in Austria for 20 years). See this video for what government provided housing could be. [VIDEO]

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