Starting signal given

First “Wohnen550” is being built in Feldkirch

VOGEWOSI Managing Director Hans Peter Lorenz, State Housing Councillor Marco Tittler, Governor Markus Wallner and Feldkirch Mayor Manfred Rädler (from left) presented the project.(Bild: VLK/Serra)

The latest housing project by the state of Vorarlberg and Vogewosi, the Vorarlberg non-profit housing and settlement company, aims to provide young people with affordable housing. 

Just under a year ago, the Vorarlberg state government presented its special housing program "Wohnen 550", and now the official go-ahead has been given for the construction of the first building. The four-storey building with 30 residential units is being built in Feldkirch.

The aim of "Wohnen 550" is to offer young people in particular very affordable apartments. Residents are to be given the opportunity to live cheaply for up to ten years and save up funds to buy their own home during this time. The rent is eleven euros per square meter including operating costs. For the house in Feldkirch, the state is granting a subsidized loan of 120,000 euros and a subsidy of a good 21,000 euros per residential unit

Talks are underway with several mayors
300 "Wohnen550" apartments in the state were set as a target last year. In Dornbirn and Bludenz, talks on the construction of further houses are already well advanced, reported Governor Markus Wallner on Tuesday.

Talks are also underway with other municipalities. "Wohnen550" is part of a "housing package" adopted by the state in autumn and offers standardized two-room apartments measuring 50 square meters with a terrace or loggia of six square meters. They are being built by the non-profit developer Vogewosi.

There is no underground parking, basement or elevator, only the first floor is barrier-free. There are no special shapes, but rather exactly the pre-planned houses in sizes S, M or L (15, 22 or 30 apartments), virtually off the peg. In terms of energy and construction technology, everything is state of the art.