COPENHAGEN: Billions of kroner spent on social housing efforts in vulnerable neighbourhoods across Denmark have had a positive effect, reveals a study carried out by Kraks Fond Byforskning (Kraks Fond – Institute for Urban Economic Research).
Researchers analysed the effect of 2.1 billion kroner spent by the Danish government on social housing initiatives in 480 marginalised residential areas (mostly in the metropolitan region) from 1994 to 1998, comparing the results with areas that did not receive such support…