A PLACE TO CALL HOME
- Addressing affordability through design
Tina Saaby • Copenhagen The Academy of Urbanism, Eindhoven 21.06.2019
My experience and knowledge comes from having been a partner in my own office, WITRAZ Architects, from being the vicepresident for the Danish Architectural Association,from being a jurymember in more than 100 competitions, from having been a visiting professor, censor and having taught at different universities - and from being the cityarchitect in Copenhagen 2010-2019
A PLACE TO CALL HOME
- Addressing affordability through design
Housing i Copenhagen Affordable housing Cases
COPENHAGEN HISTORY: 600.000 inhabitants 1.000 new citizens every month
Copenhagen ownership division Ownership division
Affordable Social housing housing 21%
Private rented 27%
Owner occupied 19%
Cooperative housing 33%
Co-operatives
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Affordable housing in Denmark • Non-profit Social Housing Organisations • Tenant democracy • Affordable housing is for everyone – no income limit • 20 percent of the population = 1 million • Dwellings for families, youth/students and elderly • Supervision by the municipality • Balanced rent – but subsidized by the City and the State
Affordable housing in Copenhagen • • • •
20 percent of the citizens live in affordable housing 29 non-profit Affordable Housing Organizations 450 estates 60.000 dwellings
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The municipality disposes of 33 percent of the dwellings = socialhousing
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Rent for 85 sq.m (900 sq.ft): app. 900-1,500 US$ per month Waiting list: 0-25 years High rate of affordable housing in the disadvantaged areas Important for the coherent city
In general a high quality of affordable housing
In general a high quality of affordable housing
Cases
BOLIG+ - affordable housing
Partnerships on new housing concepts BOLIG PLUS - SocialHousing+ •
Partnership agreement between local government and the social housing organization
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More than 500 ”SocialHousing+” family dwellings built or on the way – in small estates
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Low-dense estates – like popular owner occupied dwellings (85 – 125 m2)
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Affordable housing: 1,000-1,5000 US$ per month
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Industrialized and large scale concept, and tenants finish – lower building costs à lower rent (10 percent)
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Tenants maintain and clean à lower rent (20 percent)
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Low-energy houses
Grønttorvet, co-operative
CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING, GRØNTTORVET Pris på andel og boligafgift bliver fastsat efter lejeværdi. Den forventede gennemsnitspris fordeler sig således: Anvendelsesudgifter for alle boliger ligger mellem 700-900 kr. pr. måned (vand og varme).
ROOM
SIZE
DEPOSIT
MONTHLY
2 rooms
Ca. 70 m2
Ca. 434.000 Ca. 6.200 kr. kr.
3 rooms
Ca. 88 m2
Ca. 545.000 Ca.7.800 kr. kr.
4 rooms
Ca. 108 m2 Ca. 670.000 Ca.9.600 kr. kr.
Cph Containers, youth housing, private rent
Cph Containers
constable school, youth housing, private rent
Nansensgade, social housing
Affordable housing – community flats
Tina Saaby www.tinasaaby.com tinasaaby@gmail.com +4530241393
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