Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339564 
Year of Publication: 
2026
Citation: 
[Editor:] Alves, Sónia [Editor:] Andersen, Hans Thor [Editor:] Keunen, Els [Editor:] Vuksanović-Macura, Zlata [Title:] Social housing opportunities and challenges: Perspectives from Denmark, Germany, Portugal and Serbia [ISBN:] 978-3-88838-449-3 [Series:] Arbeitsberichte der ARL [No.:] 40 [Publisher:] Verlag der ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft [Place:] Hannover [Year:] 2026 [Pages:] 8-23
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Verlag der ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Hannover
Abstract: 
The Danish housing sector, which most closely resembles "social housing" in other countries, is the "public housing" sector (although it is privately owned). It is open to anyone who signs up for a waiting list - regardless of income and family circumstances. The sector is also called "non-profit" housing because the homes are rented out for the costs of land purchase, construction and financing, but not for profit to the developer (a housing company). The sector has tenants' democracy, i.e. tenants have a decisive influence on, for example, renovations and in relation to operations. The sector dominates in some suburbs of Copenhagen, where its share can reach over 50% of the housing stock; nationally, the sector constitutes approx. 20% of all housing. Residualisation is visible with a growing share of vulnerable groups among its tenants - e.g. single people, early retirees, people with an ethnic groups and low-income groups. The result is, among other things, the controversial "ghetto law".
Subjects: 
Non-profit housing
access for all
residualisation
private but public regulated
rent support to low-income households
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