Around 17,500 apartments are offered by the city and non-profit organizations. As these apartments are in high demand, there is a ranking system that decides who is allocated the apartments. You can find out more about the requirements, income limits, housing needs, application, required documents, size of the apartment offered and apartment exchange on this page.
Who can apply for a subsidized rental apartment of the city of Innsbruck?
- Citizenship:
- You are an Austrian citizen or
- from the EU or EEA area (§ 17 Abs. 6, TWFG 1991 i.d.F. ) with a registration certificate or
- Third-country national, with a permanent residence title/convention passport
- Primary residence: you are at the time of application
- with main residence in Innsbruck for the last five years without interruption or
- previously residing with main residence in Innsbruck for a total of 15 years or
- continuously employed in the municipal area of Innsbruck for six years.
- If you have spent a longer period of time in the provincial hospital in Hall, Natters or Hochzirl or in an assisted living facility, this time will be credited to you under certain conditions.
- Age: You are at least 18 years old at the time of application, except:
- You are a minor parent, then you can be pre-registered before the age of 18, or a minor married couple.
- Income: Your income must not be too high(income table)
- Housing Need: You must have a housing need.
Important! You will only be earmarked for one year and must notify any changes within four weeks.
You must renew the application each year, even if there have been no changes. The Service Unit Housing Allocation.. explicitly points this out when you submit your application. If you do not renew the application in time or if you do not announce changes, the application will be closed and you can only be preregistered again after one year.
What is the maximum income I can have?
| Number of persons | Upper net limit in the twelfth year |
| 1 | 3.800 euros |
| 2 | 6.300 Euro |
| 3 | 6.780 Euro |
| for each additional person | + 480 Euro |
When is there a housing need?
There are several reasons for a housing need
You have a housing need if each person in your current apartment has less than 15 m² of net usable living space. The net usable living space is the pure living space of your dwelling without anteroom, bathroom and kitchen. The living space is remeasured by the Service Unit Housing Allocation...
In addition, a housing need exists if the following applies to you:
| Number of persons | current apartment size |
|---|---|
| 1 person with recognized additional needs (medical necessity, joint custody/visitation rights arrangement and persons aged 60 and over) | 1 room |
| 2 person household | 1 room or less than 30 m² net living space |
| Single parent with one child | 1 room |
| Single parent with one child and passage room or maximum 30 m² net floor space | 2 rooms |
| 3 person household | less than 3 rooms or less than 45m² net living area |
| 4 person household with 2 children | Less than 3 or 4 rooms, depending on conditions |
| From 5 person household | less than 4 rooms |
You can also be preregistered if
- Your apartment is no longer suitable for you due to a disability (e.g. wheelchair user), serious illness or frailty due to age.
- the building police finds construction defects in your apartment that prohibit its use.
- You live in a substandard apartment (category D, without bathroom/WC).
- You are homeless.
- You do not have a main rental contract.
- You have to pay more than 40 percent of your net income in the twelfth of the year (incl. rent subsidy) for your gross rent. This percentage is reduced by three percent per child.
How do I apply for a city apartment?
The application for a rental apartment of the city of Innsbruck can be made within the party hours in the Service Unit Housing Allocation.. submit.
5 steps to the municipal rental apartment
- You take all the necessary documents and the completed questionnaire with you and apply in person during party opening hours at Service Unit Housing Allocation.. for a municipal rental apartment.
- If you ask by phone or by mail, provide your ID number, full name, address and date of birth.
- Note: If one year passes from the date of your application, you must renew the application.
- If it is your turn according to the waiting list and there is an apartment for your requirements, you will receive an apartment proposal - you can accept or reject it.
- If you reject it, you will receive another proposal. If you reject this one as well, you will be removed from the reservation. If you meet the requirements again, you can submit a new proposal after one year. If you reject again, there are longer lock-up periods.
Required documents
Original documents & copies of all persons involved
- Passport
- Birth certificates - alternatively asylum decision
- residence permit, if applicable
Copies of documents from all family members - if applicable
- Proof of income:
- Annual payslip from the previous year (tax office)
- the last 3 monthly payslips (if changing company) (available from your company)
- Net salary confirmation (for new employees) (available from your company)
- if self-employed - proof of own withdrawal (confirmation from tax consultant)
- Confirmation of co-insurance (your health insurance company, e.g. ÖGK)
- Pension certificate (pension insurance)
- Care allowance notification (according to pension notification)
- Minimum income (social welfare office)
- Unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance (AMS)
- Weekly allowance (your health insurance company, e.g. ÖGK)
- Childcare allowance (Karenzgeld) (your health insurance fund, e.g. ÖGK)
- Apprentice compensation (your employer)
- Sickness benefit/rehabilitation allowance (your health insurance fund, e.g. ÖGK)
- Maintenance or alimony payments (court order or account statements in the case of a written agreement between the parents)
- Rent or housing allowance (Province of Tyrol)
- Documents on all other income such as scholarships (university)
- Military service in the army
- Declaration of support from parents, etc.
- Apprenticeship contract
- Confirmation of studies/school attendance for children above 9th grade
- Marriage certificate
- Divorce decree or proof of divorce filed in court
- if pregnant, mother-child passport (the page with the date of birth (page 13)) or medical confirmation of pregnancy (from your gynecologist)
- Declaration of paternity, custody order, visiting rights arrangement
- Tenancy agreement
- Confirmation of payment of rent from the previous month
- if you are exchanging apartments: statement of rent account issued by the property management company
- Persons in the parental household: tenancy agreement or extract from the land register of the parents
- Waiver of tenancy rights for municipal apartments Apartments
- if applicable, court notice of termination, eviction settlement
- Insurance data extract from ÖGK regarding employment in Innsbruck (only if you do not have a main residence in Innsbruck and have been employed in Innsbruck for six years without interruption)
- if applying via Dritte: signed power of attorney with a copy of your ID card
- Death certificate (for widowed persons)
How are the apartments awarded?
The apartments are awarded according to a points system. Apartments are awarded according to:
- Family size
- current apartment size
- Income
- health requirements, if any
- Ranking on the waiting list
The longer you have been waiting for an apartment, the more points you have already collected. Attention: Do not forget to renew your application one year after submitting it! Otherwise, your application will be closed and you will not be able to get back on the waiting list until one year later, if the requirements are met.
If you are offered an apartment, you can reject it once. If you also reject the second apartment offered to you, you can be placed on the waiting list again after one year if you meet the requirements. If you then refuse again, there are longer lock-up periods.
What is the size of the apartment I will get?
The apartment size depends on the number of people who will live in the apartment.
| Number of persons | Apartment size |
|---|---|
| 1 person | Single apartment |
| 1 person with recognized additional needs (medical necessity, joint custody/visitation rights arrangement and persons aged 60 and over) | 2 rooms |
| 2 person household | 2 rooms |
| Single parent with one child | 2 rooms |
| 3 person household | 3 rooms |
| 4 person household with 2 children | 3 rooms |
| 4 person household with 2 children with at least 5 years age difference or children of different sexes | 4 rooms |
| From 5 person household | 4 rooms |
Can I exchange my municipal rental apartment?
- You cannot exchange the apartment without a reason.
- If there is a housing need, you can exchange the apartment after five years.
- If there is a change in family circumstances or a sustained deterioration in health, you can exchange the apartment after only two years.
- If you exchange your municipal apartment for a smaller one, this will be taken into account in the registration.