The matter in summary Just over 40 municipalities in Norway have local regulations on the obligation to build, with Telemark having the most. Kragerø has tightened its grip on the residential obligation, and can demand that the home be sold if the residential obligation is not met. Carsten Pihl in the organization Huseierne believes that the obligation to live in practice means that the municipalities will force people to live there, and that other factors such as workplaces, nurseries and health services are more decisive. Peder Oddvar Ellingvåg, a resident of Kragerø, believes that the residence obligation has an important function and that many deliberately circumvent the rules. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – There are Oslo people who only buy up properties to use them in the summer. It will be completely wrong. There are a lot of people who do that, Eva Karlberg firmly believes. Eva Karlberg is concerned that people should live in Kragerø all year round, not just in the summer. Photo: Joel Waag / news Ho lives in Kragerø, and is very happy in his town. All year round. She is a strong supporter of compulsory housing, and is concerned that this is followed up by the municipality. – Or it will be a dead city for the rest of the year, she believes. Do we need a building obligation in Norwegian municipalities? Yes, this is how we ensure that people live outside the big cities. No, I don’t think anything of this. The municipalities must rather make themselves attractive in other ways. Show result Large variations Figures from the Directorate of Agriculture show that just over 40 municipalities in Norway have some form of building obligation. Telemark has the most. There, 10 out of 17 municipalities have a building obligation. Until recently, there has been a strong decline in municipalities like this, but the trend is going in several directions. In Kragerø, the municipality must carry out stricter supervision of the building obligation, after it was introduced in 2009. The neighboring municipality of Risør, for its part, scrapped the entire scheme in 2023. Risør has cut out the building obligation. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news In other places, the building obligation only applies to parts of the area in the municipality. An example is Arendal, where the tax obligation was first abolished in 2014, and then partially reintroduced in 2023. In Lindesnes, they have also partially abolished the tax obligation in large parts of Lindesnes, but it will be retained in two coastal areas. The common denominator for the municipalities is the goal that people should become residents. And most preferably, more people move there. The question then is how to achieve this goal. Does the obligation to pay work as a remedy? Obligation to live Obligation to live means that in some cases you have an obligation to live on a property you own. Rules on compulsory purchase can therefore prevent the possibility of buying property for investment or as a leisure property. – Have to think again Not completely, says Carsten Pihl in the organization Huseierne, where he is head of the department for politics, community relations and sustainability. He feels that the obligation to live in practice means that the municipalities will force people to live there, and thinks they should think differently. Carsten Pihl, Homeowners. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news – If it is the case that people do not want to live in the municipality, then there are probably some other reasons than the housing supply, believes Pihl. He believes that workplaces, nurseries and health services are far more decisive for whether people want to live in a municipality than the obligation to live. – This is a discussion we will have more and more of in Norway in the future, believes Pihl. Municipality with tax obligation Agder: Arendal Bykle Kvinesdal Lillesand Lindesnes Tvedestrand Akershus: Frogn Vestby Buskerud: Flå Gol Hemsedal Hol Nesbyen (formerly Nes in Buskerud) Ål Innlandet Dovre Lesja Nord-Odal Vang Vestre Slidre Vågå Øyer Øystre Slidre Nordland: Vågan Rogaland Kvitsøy Telemark: Bamble Drangedal Hjartdal Kragerø Kviteseid Nissedal Porsgrunn Seljord Tokke Vinje Trøndelag: Røros Vestfold: Færder Larvik Sandefjord Vestland: Modalen Østfold: Fredrikstad Hvaler Sarpsborg Source: Directorate of Agriculture – last updated 02.07.2024 Tightening the grip in Kragerø Kragerø is one of the cities where it has been decided to tighten the grip , in order to expose people who break their obligations. – If in the end one does not fulfill the building obligation, then in the worst case we can demand that the house be sold, says Kai Johansen. He is an adviser at the construction department in Kragerø municipality. Kai Johansen, adviser in Kragerø municipality’s building affairs department. Photo: Joel Waag / news Lokalavisa KV recently reported that Kragerø is tightening its grip on the scheme, and will have a major focus on following up possible violations of the law in the future. In the first instance, the building case department follows up people who have bought a house in recent years, but will also investigate concrete tips about violations of the law from the public. This applies to both houses in the center and on the many islands outside the city itself. Among other things, the municipality has sent out letters to a number of home owners asking for an explanation as to why their house is empty. Then the response often comes quickly, Johansen learns. – Most of them are quick to answer. Then they either come up with some excuses, or take action to reach the goal. Kragerø is a popular town in the summer. The rest of the year, conditions in the city are much calmer. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news – Are there many who deliberately break the rules? – Someone, of course. He feels that the residents are concerned that the rules are followed. – Then we have an obligation to follow up. – Forvitrar Peder Oddvar Ellingvåg, a resident of Kragerø, believes that the buplikti has an important function. – It gets worse if there is no obligation to live in and people move out, he believes. Photo: Joel Waag / news He believes that many deliberately circumvent the rules. – Especially out in the Skjergard. There are many properties that are sold with a large advance. Published 14.09.2024, at 08.10 Updated 14.09.2024, at 08.34
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