Christiania

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Image courtesy of "The Copenhagen Post - Danish news in english"

An "offer they couldn't refuse": Christiania accepts government deal ... (The Copenhagen Post - Danish news in english)

As part of the deal, the state will guarantee a 67 million kroner mortgage to enable the residents to become the legal owner of the northern part of the ...

There are no mortgage banks that will lend us the money because the state will not guarantee the money.” “We say yes because we want to take a social responsibility in Copenhagen and in Denmark in relation to being able to build affordable housing and to be able to create communities for people who want to live and be part of the Christiania community,” residents’ spokesperson Mette Prague told TV2. “It was an offer you couldn’t refuse.

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Christiania says yes to building new homes (DealMakerz)

In an agreement with the government, the district can also buy some of the housing currently rented from the state for DKK 67 million. In practice, the ...

Yes also means good loan terms so that the residents themselves can build in the area. It was not a good idea to say no, because then we would lose all opportunities to develop Christiania. But the area has also become a haven for crime and widespread cannabis smuggling, which has also left its mark.

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