This is the public-private housing reality in Aarhus, Denmark’s second city, thanks to far-sighted public housing laws a century ago. Across Denmark, around 760 housing associations control over half a million public housing units. As elsewhere in the country, private sector housing in Aarhus competes with the non-profit sector controlled by around a dozen public housing associations. In Aarhus, public housing is not just about managing historical housing stock, but adding to it. As part of the plan, he encouraged housing associations to run mini architectural projects to get the best, new thinking for the finished housing units.

Source: The Irish Times May 22, 2021 05:02 UTC