In this episode we have with us Jean Thierry and Tobias Gregory from the organisation “Almen Modstand” which was formed in response to the 2018 so-called ghetto law that put strict requirements on the Danish General Housing sector. There are about half a million general housing homes in Denmark (app. 20% of total housing stock). What characterizes this sector is that it is open to all, not only low-income people. These homes are by right organized in associations democratically controlled by the residents themselves and no profit can be extracted. The rent is therefore also usually lower than in the private housing market.  About 25% of the homes can be used by municipalities to house low-income families, refugees, people with disabilities and so forth. With the introduction of the “ghetto” law in 2018, the government put strict and arbitrary requirements on educational level, ethnic/national origin, income levels, etc for residents. If a general housing association or neighborhood does not live up to the requirements stipulated in the law,  the association is put on the so-called ghetto list. If an association remains on the list for a number of years, the association can be forced to evict residents, sell off homes to private investors or even forced to demolish homes in order to get off the list again. Almen Modstand was formed to resist the law, organize residents, and expose its racist and capitalist logics.    







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* Learn more about Almen Modstand: www.almenmodstand.dk* Read more about the litigation case against the Danish Ministry of Transport and Housing by the residents of Mjølnerparken:  https://www.justiceinitiative.org/litigation/tenants-of-mjolnerparken-v-danish-ministry-of-transport-and-housing* Other resources:* https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/27/denmark-ghetto-law-eviction-non-western-residents-housing-estates* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308518X221141427* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09697764231165202







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