Solutions for employee apartments in touristic communities, Development of solutions in a participatory process

Client:
Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE
What:
Analysis of the situation in the selected pilot municipalities and development of site-specific solutions
Where:
Municipality of Lenk, Municipality of Obergoms, Municipality of Scuol
When:
01.01.2024 – 31.12.2024
Responsible organization:
Swiss Association for Mountain Regions SAB
Project partners:
joint project development SAB together with gutundgut

Numerous tourist communities in the mountain region are currently confronted with the problem of housing shortages. One aspect is the lack of living space for employees of tourism businesses, most of whom are employed on a seasonal basis. The housing shortage makes it difficult to find suitable skilled workers. There is a lack of transferable solutions. The project is therefore creating an overview of existing solutions. Approaches are being tested directly in practice in three pilot municipalities. The results will be processed and made available to all municipalities and other stakeholders.

This project was submitted and approved as part of the ARE’s Sustainable Development 2023-2024 funding program on the topic of “Sustainable Living”.