– Here you are sitting on a golden opportunity: Thousands of properties in central locations in Norway. Here one could simply say: Here we will build cheap housing for most people. Filipstad in Oslo is today filled with cruise ships, car traffic and train sets. Here, the company Bane Nor Eiendom has large plots of land that are planned to be turned into residential and commercial buildings. Leader of Rødt Marie Sneve Martinussen believes that here an excellent opportunity to build up a non-commercial housing sector is being wasted. These properties should rather be used for the good of most people, says Sneve Martinussen. Photo: Jonas Messel Larsen / news This means that housing is managed outside the commercial market through, for example, municipalities or housing associations. Red refers to, among other things, Denmark, which has such a model. – Instead of selling expensive housing that gives dividends to the state, housing should be built that is cheap and can be sold on a non-commercial market, says Martinussen. Would rather rent – to own – We help build out in pressured areas so that it is easier to get a place to live. Managing director Jon-Erik Lunøe defends the business model of Bane Nor Eiendom. – Building out at junctions and in pressure areas means that we don’t have to build down green areas. When people live near a junction, it is easier to leave the car and travel by public transport instead. Bane Nor Eiendom Statlig, wholly owned company subject to Bane Nor SF. Owner and manager of all railway property in Norway. One of Norway’s largest property players with over 200 employees. Is a commercial real estate operator. 30 percent of the profit goes to the state in the form of dividends. The remaining 70 percent will remain in the company. Het ROM Eiendom until 2017. Source: Bane Nor Eiendom Lunøe sees no reason to introduce Rødt’s model with a third housing sector. Rather, he points to the rent-to-own concept Oslobolig as a way to get more people into the housing market. – This is a venture we have in collaboration with the municipality, OBOS and NREP. Here, the buyer can buy parts of a home, rent the rest, and over time buy the entire home. This gives people who would otherwise not enter the housing market a chance to own their own home. Want a non-commercial company – We have been skeptical about Oslobolig for a long time. It is a semi-commercial housing company which is primarily aimed at those who have a decent income. That’s what Siavash Mobasheri, Rødt’s first candidate for the city council election in Oslo, says. Since the 80s, it has been said that more housing is the solution, but the result is that prices have skyrocketed, says Mobasheri. Photo: Jonas Messel Larsen / news – What is needed is a real, non-commercial housing company in Oslo that can build non-commercial housing, more municipal housing and housing that can be rented. – Bane Nor Eiendom is one hundred percent owned by the state, what is the difference between them and Rødt’s model? – It must be without the need for profit. We believe that the purpose of publicly owned companies is to serve people and people’s needs. No support from the Labor Party The Labor Party has no intention of introducing Rødt’s model. – We have no plans for the state to step in and build housing. The state has never done that, not even after the war, says housing policy spokesperson from the Labor Party Siri Gåsemyr Staalesen. We have never built state-run housing in Norway and see no reason to start now, says Gåsemyr Staalesen. Photo: Bernt Sønvisen – The Labor Party stands by the ownership line and wants to strengthen it. We want to develop new tools for municipalities so that they can manage urban development as they wish. Sneve Martinussen has not given up hope of one day seeing non-commercial housing in Filipstad. – We can finance welfare through effective tax policy, and then use resources such as the properties of Bane Nor to build cheap housing that can be sold outside the housing market.
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Wants the state to build housing on Bane Nor’s property – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
