Several of the deals the SVM government struck to make housing cheaper in the big cities won’t be passed before the election. Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor fears the deals will fall through.
Lord Mayor and minister fear Venstre will back out of the housing deal
Sisse Marie Welling (SF) has said her top priority as Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor is more affordable housing. She’s spent much of her first months on the job in talks with ministers at Christiansborg to secure the tools and powers needed to advance that goal. Foto: Jens Dresling
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Affordable housing was the dominant issue in Copenhagen’s municipal election campaign. So when the government recently rolled out a series of agreements to make it easier for municipalities to regulate the housing market, it was met with cheers at City Hall.
Among other things, the package lets municipalities require more owner-occupied units in new developments and encourages construction of non-profit social housing by raising the cap on what it’s allowed to cost to build them.
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