# 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: ​ * 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: ​ * **Regulatory levels**: national (Denmark) * **Keywords**: coronavirus, Covid-19, Denmark, public housing, Ghetto law