Detectives to uncover abuse of council housing. The “Krone” knows two cleared up cases.
Affordable rents and exclusively open-ended leases: municipal housing is the mainstay of municipal housing in Vienna and is considered a prime example of social housing. The city owns more than 220,000 apartments. It is the largest property management company in Europe. The fact that there are also black sheep among the more than 500,000 tenants who are not dependent on social housing or have no claim at all was recently shown by the case of multimillionaire Sigi Wolf. Detectives can investigate with an estimated fortune of more than half a billion euros one could not describe the enterprising businessman as “socially weak”. Nevertheless, he has a communal apartment in Favoriten with a valid tenancy. In order to uncover non-use or illegal subletting of a council flat, Wiener Wohnen now even uses detectives who have already had some successes. Non-use is the most common reason for termination can end in eviction. Case 1: Illegal subletting of an apartment in Döbling: The address was also brazenly offered on a platform entitled “Municipal apartment in a quiet location”. Environment surveys have shown that only subtenants lived here. Termination! Case 2: Non-use of an apartment in Penzing: Since September 2019, the place to stay has only been used for occasional stays – two to three weeks a year. Neither a center of life nor an urgent need for housing can be derived from it. Talks with neighbors confirmed the evidence. They stated that the apartment was used only occasionally. procedure initiated. And what’s next for Mr. Wolf? “Mr. Wolf has until February 28, 2022 to return the apartment. We are confident that he will give notice in writing by the end of the month.” Incidentally, around 17,000 people in Vienna are currently waiting for a municipal apartment.
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