– We are in a situation where the directorate has demanded repayment of several million, so that is the reason why we are selling the apartment, says Ansgar Gabrielsen. He is chairman of the Association for Children’s Palliative Care (FFB), which is behind the children’s hospice Andreas Hus in Kristiansand. The association has been required to pay back at least 4.2 million to the state after incorrect use of funds. The apartment they own in Byhaven in central Kristiansand is therefore up for sale. The asking price for the three-room apartment is just under NOK 5.5 million. Gabrielsen says the income from the apartment sale will initially be used to pay salaries to employees and other ongoing expenses. – In the end, the directorate will have a few million, he says. Can get a sofa for NOK 80,000 Broker Kristian Lossius in Sørmegleren, who is responsible for the sale, is tight-lipped when news makes contact. – I would prefer not to speak on behalf of anyone else and have no comments in this case, he says. Viewing is set up for Thursday this week. In the sales prospectus, the apartment is described as a “newer, lovely 3-bedroom with two bathrooms, excellent standard, balcony, built-in cupboard, lift and HC parking”. The prospectus states that the furniture in the apartment is also for sale. “Several of the furniture is in the same style as the apartment and can be purchased by agreement”, it says. Chairman Gabrielsen confirms this. – We are selling the apartment and then those who want it can buy it with furniture. If not, we have to take them up here at the house (Andreas Hus jour note), he says. news reported in October that the association has, among other things, used public money to buy furniture and fixtures for the apartment. Among other things, a sofa for NOK 80,000, a decorative dish for NOK 9,000 and a chair for NOK 40,000. They must have bought the apartment itself with their own, saved funds. On the table is the much-discussed decorative dish for NOK 9,000 that news has mentioned. Photo: Vidar Godtfredsen Paid rent to himself It was the Directorate of Health that launched an investigation of the association’s finances last autumn. At the end of January, the conclusion was reached. In the more than one hundred page long report, questions were raised about the use of just over NOK 20 million from the state. Several objectionable findings were also pointed out. Among other things, the association has spent NOK 1.6 million on furnishing and refurbishing the apartment in Byhaven. The directorate also pointed out that the association has spent more than NOK 200,000 on paying rent to itself. They believe the amount should have been lower, and point out that NTNU was invoiced after use of the apartment in December 2022. “This appears incorrect, if the project first pays rent for the apartment”, they write in the report. According to the report, NTNU should have been invoiced for NOK 50,000 in rent and cleaning, Wants to keep unused money Former secretary general Natasha Pedersen announced last week that she wants to rejoin the board. At the general meeting just before Easter, a new board will be elected in the association after several members have resigned. In November, she had to step down as a board member. Two months later, she lost her job as general secretary as a result of the report on the association’s use of state money. The Directorate of Health is now in dialogue with the board of the association about what will happen to the building where Andreas Hus should have opened. By 1 April, the association must submit an application to the Norwegian Directorate of Health to keep unused money of NOK 9 million. Chairman Gabrielsen describes hectic days. – We are finalizing the accounts and working on an application to the directorate, he says. Recently, the signs were taken down from Andreas Hus in Kristiansand. The new center for seriously ill and dying children was not opened as planned. Photo: Sigurd Schaathun / news
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The association for child palliation’s apartment is for sale – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
