The government will set aside “a billion” to help more people in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg to live in public housing.
This is what Minister of the Interior and Housing Kaare Dybvad Bek (S) tells Berlingske.
The statement comes before he on Tuesday presents a major housing initiative aimed at the capital in particular.
A key element is that the large non-profit housing companies must have the opportunity to buy up private properties, private residential areas and hotels with significant public support as well as a new billion-dollar fund in the back.
– The closest we get to affordable housing are the non-profits, which only cost what they cost to build with public support, and which do not have to generate returns for its owners.
– We must ensure that our cities can be connected, and that those who look after our children, clean or work in our hospitals can afford to live in Frederiksberg, Østerbro or Amager, says Kaare Dybvad Bek to Berlingske.
The other day, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) said that the government will build 22,000 extra public housing over the next 10-15 years at a rent of around 8000 kroner for an apartment of 80-90 square meters.
However, the plan is challenged. There are not very many building plots in Copenhagen for new non-profit housing. In addition, large parts of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg are fully developed.
Therefore, Kaare Dybvad Bek will with “a billion” support that the non-profit housing companies can buy private properties and convert the apartments into non-profit housing.
The money is primarily expected to come from the so-called new construction fund, which the public housing companies themselves pay into.