Immofinanz Nachhaltigkeitsbericht EN

ANONYMOUS APARTMENTS
FOR WOMEN IN NEED
In summer 2010, BUWOG and its subsidiary, ESG, launched an
innovative cooperation with women’s shelters in Vienna and Villach. A
total of three apartments are made available to the women’s shelters
from the stock of BUWOG apartments. These are allocated to clients
of the women’s shelters as “emergency apartments”. There is no
rent to pay for the BUWOG emergency apartments, in contrast to
emergency apartments provided, for example, by the city of Vienna.
The two emergency apartments in Vienna are allocated by the
Association of Viennese Women’s Shelters to the women in their care.
They then stay in the apartment for a transitional period – generally
one to three months – until they have found a permanent solution to
their accommodation situation. The apartment in Villach was made
available to a woman with two children for an extended period.
BUWOG is the first housing association to launch an initiative, and
given the great need for affordable apartments, the associations
supporting the women’s shelters have expressed the wish that this
will act as a role model for other companies. Particularly important: to
ensure that the women receive the best possible protection, attention
is paid to the greatest possible anonymity, and the addresses of the
emergency apartments are therefore kept secret.
COMPANY AND PRESS