'Blackstone and Heimstaden frustrate tenants: Increase in cases in LLO' (DR, 4 Sept 2019)

• 'Housing giants Blackstone and Heimstaden frstrate tenants: increase in cases in LLO'

• By Anne Diklev Pallesen. Published in DR (Denmark) on 4 September 2019

• Original headline in Danish: Boliggiganterne Blackstone og Heimstaden frustrerer lejere: Stigning i sager i LLO

• https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/hovedstadsomraadet/boliggiganterne-blackstone-og-heimstaden-frustrerer-lejere

• Summary:

  • The biggest Danish tenants' association (Lejernes Landsorganisation, LLO) reported that from mid-August 2018 to mid-August 2019 there was a 22% increase in the number of complaints it received regarding landlords in Copenhagen: it went from 1,413 to 1,727 cases.

  • The increase was reportedly due to foreign corporate landlords like Blackstone (which at the time operated in Denmark through 360 North, which now is called Kereby).

  • The second biggest tenants' association (Danske Lejere) also reported an increase in complaints regarding foreign corporate landlords.

• Regulatory levels: local (Copenhagen municipality), national (Danish government), EU (single market, regulations that restrict the construction of public housing in member states).

• Keywords: Copenhagen, Denmark, Blackstone, 360 North, Kereby, Heimstaden, Danish tenants' associations Lejernes Landsorganisation (LLO) and Danske Lejere.