Across Europe, social housing and the rental sector are in much demand and are coming under stress, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

VIENNA was again this year ranked first in the world for quality of living. Its city centre is a Unesco World Heritage site, internationally recognised as one of the globes’ most innovative cities and a it is recipient of the UN most prestigious human settlements award for its soft urban renewal programme that did not see poorer residents pushed out.

HOUSING waiting lists have increased massively over the past few years as a result of the housing crisis and a change in the State’s approach to providing local authority housing.