Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
almen(nyttig) bolig
English translation:
non-profit housing; social housing (in some contexts)
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
May 6, 2016 07:26
8 yrs ago
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Danish term
almen bolig
Danish to English
Bus/Financial
Real Estate
en bolig der er administreret af en af almen boligorganisation.
The term "almennyttig bolig" is sometimes used.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almen_bolig
(http://www.lejerbo.dk/da/boligsoegende/spoergsmaal-og-svar/a...
The term "almennyttig bolig" is sometimes used.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almen_bolig
(http://www.lejerbo.dk/da/boligsoegende/spoergsmaal-og-svar/a...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | non-profit housing |
Gitte Hoveds (X)
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| 4 +2 | social housing |
Diarmuid Kennan
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| 3 | public housing |
Norskpro
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Proposed translations
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non-profit housing
This is what an 'almen(nyttig) bolig' is.
Whether the term will be understood in your specific context is a different matter.
It is only 'social housing' in the sense that municipalities often have the right to assign one in every four dwellings to individuals or families in particular need.
Anybody, rich or poor, can join an 'almennyttig boligforening' (non-profit housing association) and ask to be placed on a waiting list for flats, terraced houses or houses within that association. The associations are privately owned, but construction projects are subsidised by the government to promote affordable housing.
Whether the term will be understood in your specific context is a different matter.
It is only 'social housing' in the sense that municipalities often have the right to assign one in every four dwellings to individuals or families in particular need.
Anybody, rich or poor, can join an 'almennyttig boligforening' (non-profit housing association) and ask to be placed on a waiting list for flats, terraced houses or houses within that association. The associations are privately owned, but construction projects are subsidised by the government to promote affordable housing.
Note from asker:
| excellent. Exactly what I was looking for, how the abbreviation was arrived at (as I certainly know what this is). And with that, your explanation explains it all! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "non-profit housing;
And in some contexts and some countries could be social housing or housing, but in Scandinavia, esp. Denmark, simply housing owned by a non-profit, usually a co-op.
However local planning rules or zoning may require that a certain percentage of residential housing be <i>almen bolig</i>, even that owned by for profit companies; and that could be considered to be some kind of government subsidy. "
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Diarmuid Kennan
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social housing
Various terms are used, depending on the country.
Council flat, council house can be used in the UK, social tenant house generally in the EU.
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Note added at 27 mins (2016-05-06 07:53:37 GMT)
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public utility housing, social housing
Council flat, council house can be used in the UK, social tenant house generally in the EU.
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Note added at 27 mins (2016-05-06 07:53:37 GMT)
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public utility housing, social housing
Note from asker:
| Thanks Diarmuid. I agree, for the UK. However for Denmark, I think it is a bit different, hence my reluctance to refer to it as a social housing - perhaps due to the Scandinavian additude that social welfare is an entitlement of all, irrespective wealth and income, where in the anglo world individuals are expected to be in severe need before having a right to government social welfare. (as a general statement) |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Christine Andersen
30 mins
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| agree |
Adrian MM. (X)
: for udsatte and ungdomsgrupper suggest the residents are non-affluent https://www.retsinformation.dk/pdfPrint.aspx?id=131954
1 hr
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58 mins
Discussion
It may be at a lower price than the market (i.e. regulated), but people living in these residences can hardly be considered to be poor.
Plus they are not owned (generally) by the local government.