Gemeindebau

The Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna.

Gemeindebau (German: [ɡəˈmaɪndəbaʊ]; plural: Gemeindebauten) is an Austrian German word for "municipality building".[1] It refers to residential buildings erected by a municipality in Austria, especially the city of Vienna, usually to provide public housing,[2] more precisely council housing.

Apartments in the building can be rented from the respective municipality.

  1. ^ Gemeinde and Bau in Wiktionary.
  2. ^ Kuhnert, Jan; Leps, Olof (2017-01-01). Neue Wohnungsgemeinnützigkeit (in German). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 179–186. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-17570-2_6. ISBN 9783658175696.