Klement appointed director of Vienna municipal housing company

Katharina Klement has been appointed director of Wiener Wohnen, Vienna’s municipal housing company, ORF reported. Housing councillor Elke Hanel-Torsch announced the appointment on Wednesday. Klement has led the company on an interim basis since May 2026.

Klement has also served as deputy director since 2022. Her predecessor, Karin Ramser, moved to the management team of Wien Holding in the spring.

Wiener Wohnen manages about 220,000 municipal apartments in around 1,800 residential complexes. Its holdings also include about 5,000 commercial units, 47,500 garage and parking spaces, and around 610 hectares of green space.

Klement’s priorities include modernising and renovating the housing stock, further reducing buildings’ carbon emissions, improving customer service and creating affordable housing for future generations. She called her appointment “a great honour and an equally great responsibility” and said the goal was to make municipal housing “socially, ecologically and organisationally fit for the next decades.”