Denmark to invest 4bn euros in renovating public housing (Nyheder TV2, 19 May 2020)
Denmark to invest 4bn euros in renovating public housing
Original headline in Danish: Almene boliger skal renoveres for 30 milliarder - se aftalen her
Published in Nyheder TV2 on 19 May 2020
Summary:
The Danish Parliament agreed to earmark around 4 billion euros (30 billion Danish Krone) for renovating public housing between 2020 and 2026.
The measure had been first announced by the Danish PM, Mette Frederiksen, on 1 May, it will prioritise 'green initiatives' and one out of seven workers engaged will be an apprentice.
On paper and a priori, this all sounds quite good to help Denmark through these complicated times: improving housing conditions via public investment supporting green initiatives and promoting job apprenticeships.
Then, of course, journalists should follow up on the actual implementation of these measures.
And we should also consider that the public authorities just own 9.96% of all the dwellings (and only 1.85% of "dwellings with registered population"), according to the data from Statistics Denmark: https://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=BOL101&PLanguage=1&PXSId=0&wsid=cftree
And we should also remember the so-called 'Ghetto law' in Denmark, which from 1 January 2020 means that areas labelled as "ghettos" may contain no more than 40% of public housing stock. You can read more about that here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/how-denmarks-ghetto-list-is-ripping-apart-migrant-communities
Regulatory levels: national (Denmark)
Keywords: coronavirus, Covid-19, Denmark, public housing, Ghetto law
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