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Minister refuses to address whether the reduction in the number of affordable public housing units over a few years and cuts to welfare benefits might lead to more homelessness

Thousands of affordable homes have disappeared in a few years, and this is putting pressure on the homeless

Animation: Hege Børrud Huseby. Originalfoto: Finn Frandsen
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Finding affordable housing is becoming increasingly difficult for those with the least. The number of cheap public housing units has plummeted in a short time period.

In 2021, there were just over 41,000 public housing units across the country costing no more than 3,500 kroner per month. That number has more than halved to around 20,000 in 2024. This is according to new figures from Momentum, the analysis magazine of the Local Government Denmark (KL).

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