Editing Public housing (section)

=== Denmark ===
In Denmark, public housing is called {{lang|da|alment boligbyggeri}} and is owned and administered by approximately 700 self-governing, democratic and non-profit organizations by and for the tenants themselves. Many of the public housing organizations in Denmark are rooted in the early history of the [[labor union]]s and currently forms about 20% of the total housing stock with about 7,500 departments countrywide. A membership of a housing organization is usually required to obtain a rental and they are granted with regard to length of membership.<ref name=FactSheet>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbbl.dk/sites/mbbl.dk/files/dokumenter/publikationer/fact_sheet_on_the_danish_social_housing_sector.oct2014.pdf|title=Fact sheet on the Danish social housing sector |publisher=Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs |access-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204220306/http://www.mbbl.dk/sites/mbbl.dk/files/dokumenter/publikationer/fact_sheet_on_the_danish_social_housing_sector.oct2014.pdf |archive-date=4 February 2015 }}</ref><ref name=retsinformation>{{cite web |url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/r0710.aspx?id=151792 |title=Almenboligloven |trans-title=Law on Public Housing |website=retsinformation.dk |publisher=The Department of Civil Affairs |language=da |date=24 August 2013 |access-date=28 May 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528200538/https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/r0710.aspx?id=151792 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although the buildings are owned and administered by self-governing and economically independent organizations, the State of Denmark is strongly regulating public housing in the country. By law, the municipalities have access to 25% of the rentals, usually reserving them for the poor, the unemployed, the disabled or mentally ill or any other group dependent on social benefits from the municipality. Over the years, these regulations have created many '[[vulnerable residential area (Denmark)|vulnerable residential areas]]' within the country. Danish public housing has never had any income restrictions, but in recent years new state regulations has made it mandatory for several of them to favor fully employed renters and disfavor unemployed or part-time employed people. This is a relatively new effort by the state to counter the ghettoisation, which is now an officially recognized problem countrywide.<ref name=FactSheet/><ref name=retsinformation/>

As in Sweden, state and municipal policies carried out throughout the first decade of the 21st century, has led to an increased privatization of public housing. In many areas, residents have been offered to buy their own flats, thereby effectively changing the status of the property. The privatization of public housing was initiated as part of an ideological program by the right wing governments of the early 21st century and was launched a few years after the closure of the former Ministry of Housing Affairs in 2001.<ref>The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had been in operation for more than 50 years, from 1947–2001.</ref> The former ministry was re-opened as Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs in October 2011, when a new coalition government led by [[socialdemokraterne|social-democrats]] was formed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbbl.dk/english |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105085928/http://www.mbbl.dk/english|url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2011 |title=Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs |date=29 April 2015 |access-date=28 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://boligforskning.dk/housing-problems |title=Present and Future Housing Problems in Denmark – and predictable Changes in Housing Policy |publisher=Center for Housing and Welfare |author=Hans Kristensen |date=2 July 2005 |access-date=28 May 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528200809/http://boligforskning.dk/housing-problems |url-status=live }}</ref>