In Austria, there are various forms of accommodation. In rural areas single-family homes and row houses are the most popular forms of accommodation. In urban areas people live mostly in freehold flats or rental apartments.
In the first section, you can inform yourself about different forms of housing.
For some people it is difficult to procure running accommodation costs. Not only the monthly rent must be paid, but also service charges and energy costs. We inform you about state subsidies and funding for rental apartments and freehold flats, in the second section.
Finding an apartment
Finding a suitable home is an important step to settle in your new homeland. You can inform yourself about vacancies in various ways:
- Daily newspaper and magazines (pages on the topic of properties and advertisement)
- Magazines about property
- Websites and file-sharing website
- Real estate agents
- Property division of banks
- City halls/Town halls/Municipal authorities
Hint: It is also possible to get information about properties from relatives or friends. Ask them!
Links
- http://www.help.gv.at/ (Information about administrative processes)
- http://www.bazar.at/ (Advertisement)s
- http://www.willhaben.at/ (Real estates)
- http://www.zuwanderer-fonds.at/ (Apartments in Vienna)
- sozialinfo.wien.gv.at