 The city also became increasingly popular with tourists, which made it increasingly attractive to let rooms to wealthy tourists rather than students.Plans and delays

University Rectors Hugo Rahner and Gustav Sauser worked hard to improve the accommodation situation for students, but it was not until their successor Eduard Reut-Nicolussi was in office that the plans were finally implemented.On 15 February 1952 “Internationales Studentenhaus” was established on a non-profit basis and in July of the same year was officially recognised by the Tyrolean Regional Government as a non-profit housing organisation.