A bit of History - Social Housing anno 1521

lliam · Oct 9th 2021, 7:11am

While doing some research on world wide history stuff of social housing for a upcoming lecture to hold, I stumbled suddenly over an article on cbc with the tilte:

At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't changed since 1521

The author claims it still costs € 1,00 / year to rent. It's situated at the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany.

Seems very affordable to life there. I'm not about going deeper with this post, just want to share it.

But for those who may want read the article - cbc.ca/radio/day6/hazaras-at-r…nged-since-1521-1.6155041

notthatchrisevans · Oct 9th 2021, 7:34am

I was there as a tourist once

It is a walled community, quite unique and beautiful. You can take a tour and there's a museum. Tourist's entry fee also goes into the upkeep of the Fuggerei.

Apart from rent, the tenants still have to pay dues and fees for water, garbage, heating, etc. And they have to be catholic and poor/in need.

There's a Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuggerei
For those who can read German: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuggerei

joannainthemiddle · Oct 9th 2021, 12:53pm

I doubt the rent was one euro in 1521.

BJade · Oct 9th 2021, 2:26pm

joannainthemiddle wrote:

I doubt the rent was one euro in 1521.

yeah wouldn't even be euro in 1921

With inflation a euro (or equivalent) would be quite a lot more in 1500s

lliam · Oct 10th 2021, 10:45am

joannainthemiddle wrote:

I doubt the rent was one euro in 1521.

it was a symbolic rent of 1 Rhenish guilder/year ... and 3 prayers (donno if the prayers was a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly thing)
Therefore, the amount of € 1.00 in today's currency is just an equivalence to the 1 guilder.

joannainthemiddle · Oct 10th 2021, 8:34pm

Ah, OK. I wish I had a Rheinish guilder coin. They have 2.5 g of fine gold which is worth €121.95

Artemis Girl Ana · Oct 12th 2021, 5:04am

Neat post and such pretty buildings.

lliam · Oct 12th 2021, 6:49am

wasn't always the case

La “Fuggerei” se vio seriamente dañada por los bombardeos de 1944. A lo largo de un concienzudo proceso de restauración, que se llevó a cabo entre 1947 y 1955 y que fue financiado por la compañía Fugger, se le añadieron 14 casas más.

The "Fuggerei" was seriously damaged by bombing in 1944. In the course of a painstaking restoration process, which took place between 1947 and 1955 and was financed by the Fugger company, 14 additional houses were added.

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