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Was ist der Wiener Gemeindebau bekannt für?
- Sozialer Wohnbau, der Wien zu einer der Städte mit dem größten Anteil an kommunalen Mietwohnungen weltweit macht
- Luxuswohnungen für Wohlhabende
- Privat finanzierte Wohnanlagen
- Historische Palais im Stadtzentrum
Why this is the correct answer
Vienna's municipal housing program, known as Gemeindebau, began in earnest in the 1920s under the Social Democratic city government known as Red Vienna, which built large residential complexes to provide affordable, dignified housing for working-class families. Today, roughly 60 percent of Viennese residents live in some form of subsidized or municipally regulated housing, the highest proportion of any major Western city. This system is widely cited as a model for urban housing policy internationally.