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Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All

Bloomberg Originals · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A Bloomberg mini-documentary on how Vienna keeps housing affordable through large-scale public and social housing. It presents the city as a model strategy for others.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it in housing-cost threads as the standard example of government-built housing keeping rents down.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Also recommend checking out this video about Vienna”

    Recommended video on Vienna housing.

    m_ke, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time”

  2. “if you supply at least some public housing, it can have an outsized ability to keep rents down”

    Public housing supply can keep rents down.

    readonthegoapp, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “Imagine a Renters' Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.”

  3. “Vienna is a great example.”

    Vienna as a great example of public housing.

    toomuchtodo, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “The US Housing Market Has Become an Impossible Mess”

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Topics: vienna, affordable housing, public housing, rents, urban policy

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