Tina Saaby, Addressing affordability through design.

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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