A Danish city housing model where the residents decide what s best Aarhus has been transformed by a citizen-led approach to affordable housing development
Sat, May 22, 2021, 06:00
One of the best views in Aarhus is from one of the new apartments overlooking the redeveloped harbour. You can pay handsomely for the privilege - over €5,000 per sq m, half a million euro to buy a 100sq m flat; or, for a slightly smaller three-room apartment, you might pay a monthly rent of 8000 kronor, just over €1,100.
This is the public-private housing reality in Aarhus, Denmark’s second city, thanks to far-sighted public housing laws a century ago.
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