Search for a flat! From barracks to vacancy

The housing issue is currently preoccupying the public and politicians more than almost any other topic. This is by no means a new phenomenon in Innsbruck - which is why the exhibition is dedicated to the city's response to these problems over the last hundred years.

The barracks erected in various parts of the city during the First World War were used for a long time due to the housing shortage. Over the years, the makeshift buildings gave way to modern houses, while the shortage of housing due to refugees and bomb damage remained an ongoing issue even after the Second World War. The last precarious settlements only disappeared before the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Games.

Today, hardly any city dwellers still live in substandard housing. However, the overheated housing market severely restricts the square metres that ordinary mortals can afford. This always raises the question of the room for manoeuvre available to politicians and administrators - after all, 17,200 flats in Innsbruck are allocated by the city council. "Affordable housing" is becoming an empty slogan on the election posters of all political parties, while the discussion about concrete gold, short-term lettings to tourists and the supposed or actual vacancy rate is heating things up.

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