Editing Public housing (section)

=== Austria ===
{{Main|Gemeindebau}}
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Public housing was an important issue right from the foundation of the [[Republic of German-Austria]] in 1918. The population was faced with a great deal of uncertainty particularly as regards food and fuel. This led to a significant number of less affluent people to move to the periphery of towns, often building makeshift homes to be closer to where they could grow food. They were called {{lang|de|Siedler}} ('settlers'). As the political situation became stabilised with foundation of the [[First Austrian Republic]] in September 1919, the {{lang|de|Siedler}} movement started creating formal organizations like the [[Austrian Association for Settlements and Small Gardens]].<ref name=Vossoughian>{{cite book |last1=Vossoughian |first1=Nader |title=Otto Neurath: The Language of the Global Polis |date=2008 |publisher=NAi |location=The Hague |isbn=978-90-5662-350-0 }}</ref> The electoral victory of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] in the elections for the Viennese {{lang|de|Gemeinderat}} (city parliament) gave rise to [[Red Vienna]]. Part of their programme was the provision of decent homes for the Viennese working class who made up the core of their supporters. Hence the German word {{lang|de|Gemeindebau}} (plural: {{lang|de|Gemeindebauten}}) for "municipality building". In Austria, it refers to residential buildings erected by a municipality, usually to provide public housing.  These have been an important part of the architecture and culture of [[Vienna]] since the 1920s.