Citizen in Denmark - Ny i Danmark

Cooperative housingFINDING A PLACE TO LIVEAs a tenant, you can also apply to your municipal authority for arent subsidy. This is called rent subsidy. The authority will calculatethis on the basis of:• The number of people living in the apartment.• The size of the apartment.• The amount of rent.• The size of the total household earnings.Pensioners can apply for a special housing allowance.ComplaintsIf you are dissatisfied with the municipal authority’s decision regardinga deposit loan or rent subsidy, you can complain. The letterfrom the municipal authority must contain complaint guidelinesexplaining where and when you can file your complaint.AdviceSpeak to a housing advisorSome large non-profit housing associations have their ownhousing advisors. Here you can get useful advice regarding youraccommodation and help in understanding letters relating toyour accommodation.You have to pay a share as well as rentA cooperative dwelling consists of one or more houses or oneor more apartments owned and administered by a cooperativehousing society. The cooperative housing society owns theproperty. When you buy a share of the property, you gain theright of use to a part of the property owned by the association.In addition to the share, you must also pay rent to the housingsociety.Rules and activitiesAs a cooperative member, you automatically become a memberof the housing society. As a cooperative housing member youhave the right to participate in and vote at the society’s annualmeeting. At the annual meeting, the members decide whatrules shall apply within the association. The annual meetingalso decides when and how the building is to be maintainedand improved.46