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The City of Vienna is one of Austria's federal provinces, as well as the federal capital city and the largest municipality in Austria.

Areas of Intervention

  • Minimum income
  • Poverty
  • Integration into the labour market
  • Enabling social participation
  • Social Justice 
  • People in situations of difficulty or precarity

Responsibilities/ Services

  • Mobilpass (discounts on public transport, leisure activities and educational opportunities
  • Viennese mean-tested-minimum income
  • Housing benefit under the means-tested minimum income
  • Social work counselling and support
  • Assistance in cases of energy poverty
  • Financial Support
  • Approving the opening of hospitals, nursing homes, facilities for the disabled and pharmacies
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Vienna City Council– Department for Social Welfare, Social and Public Health Law