First Speculative House in Vienna Under Receivership

This is now the case in a first district. The owners of the house at Salzachstraße 46 in Vienna-Brigittenau no longer have the say, as reported by the "Kronen Zeitung" (Sunday edition).

The city's tenant assistance fought in court for the appointment of a compulsory administrator, according to the newspaper report. This allows the most necessary maintenance work to be carried out after the owner had ignored the requests to do so. The necessary work is paid for from the rents, which are now transferred directly to the compulsory administrator.

"We want to signal that we do not accept the actions of the owners," said Vienna's Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) to journalists when the intensification of the approach was publicly announced in November. They are taking tougher action against people who want to drive tenants out of the houses in order to rent the apartments more expensively afterwards. Ludwig pointed out that replacement measures had already been initiated if owners had not taken necessary measures and had neglected their duty of preservation.

A Total of Twelve Properties in Focus

Twelve properties are in focus. Initially, applications for the implementation of necessary maintenance measures in accordance with paragraph 6 of the Tenancy Law (MRG) were submitted to the court or to the arbitration board for four of them. Every municipality has this opportunity. In Vienna - and probably nationwide - this has never been used before.

That has now changed. "It is noticeable that the unrest among the handful of speculators in the city is already arriving. I believe our signals are clear," the "Kronen Zeitung" quoted Christian Bartok, head of Vienna's tenant assistance, on Sunday.

(APA/Red)

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