New political platform ready in Tromsø – news Troms and Finnmark

The Labor Party, the Socialist Left Party, Red, the Green Party and the Center Party agree on a new political platform in Tromsø. Gunnar Wilhelmsen from the Labor Party becomes mayor, and 22-year-old Sigrid Bjørnhaug Hammer from SV becomes deputy mayor. She has four years behind her in the municipal council from before. – I am proud and happy, and a lot of awe for going into such a mission, says Hammer to news. Sigrid Bjørnhaug Hammer will be deputy mayor. Photo: Pål Hansen / news The new declaration is called the Romssa declaration, and the cooperating parties will, among other things: Prioritize social housing construction by regulating, building and buying more municipal housing. Do not increase the property tax for private housing in the next two years Build 300 new care homes on several levels and for several different groups in the next period Collaborate with UiT to strengthen education courses that ensure competent health personnel Develop and protect the Sami language Combat hate crime, bullying in schools and discrimination in the labor and housing market for trans people, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and other queers. Work to increase the state contribution in the urban growth agreement at the next opportunity. Naming more streets for women Will fight poverty Mayor Gunnar Wilhelmsen says the most important thing in the new political declaration is to reduce social differences. – We have set up an urgent group to work on it. We will look at increasing the social security rates, which are 7,500. In Bergen they have 9,000. The municipality must also have the same level of property tax for two years due to more expensive food and higher interest rates. Neither will the fees for water and sewage be increased, according to Wilhelmsen. The negotiations started on 22 September at Romssa Arena. The former cooperation parties needed help from Rødt to keep the majority. – We want to invest in developing a social housing market which means that we can also get enough rental housing for people in the city, said Rødt’s Peder Joakimsen at the press conference. – We are very satisfied with the social anchoring we have achieved in this declaration.



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