{"id":17076,"date":"2022-06-03T20:23:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danmark-24.com\/?p=17076"},"modified":"2022-06-03T20:36:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:36:51","slug":"%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d9%86-mjolnerparken-%d8%a8%d9%87%d8%af%d9%81-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9-260-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b2%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8b-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danmark-24.com\/en\/%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d9%86-mjolnerparken-%d8%a8%d9%87%d8%af%d9%81-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9-260-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b2%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8b-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%83\/","title":{"rendered":"Families evicted from Mj\u00f8lnerparken to make way for the sale of 260 homes; residents complain of discrimination."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two out of four residential complexes in the Mj\u00f8lnerparken area, known for its predominantly immigrant population, will be sold, in accordance with a decision made by the majority in the Copenhagen City Council (K\u00f8benhavn Kommune). .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than a decade, the Mj\u00f8lnerparken residential area in N\u00f8rrebro, Copenhagen, was listed as a parallel community by the Ministry of the Interior and Housing. The list, which was called the \u201cghetto list,\u201d includes residential areas with a high percentage of immigrants or descendants of immigrants, and where a high percentage of them are unemployed. But now it will be off that list, and for that reason, the majority in the Copenhagen municipality decided on Thursday evening to sell 260 houses in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMj\u00f8lnerparken will be transformed from a ghetto area, where there have been many problems for a very long time, into a normal residential area, because some new residents are coming,\u201d said Jens Kristian L\u00fctken, Mayor for Employment and Integration in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to sell a large portion of the homes comes at the same time that a group of Mj\u00f8lnerparken residents have filed a lawsuit against the state for legislation regarding parallel communities, as they believe there is unlawful discrimination based on race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December, the High Court in the Eastern District granted residents permission to take the case to the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, which is still ongoing. Therefore, Janni Milsted, a resident of the area and vice-chair of the Housing Association, who was expecting an eviction from her home, was surprised that the municipality had given the green light for the sale before the lawsuit was decided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But according to Copenhagen's integration and employment officer, Jens Christian L\u00f6tken, the lawsuit has no effect on stopping the decision, and at the same time it is a legal requirement for the municipality to complete the sale. He added, "At the same time I strongly agree with this legislation and it is the right way to go. The residents have a good right to file a lawsuit, but this is not something that slows things down.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the source, the decision to sell now pleases the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, because although there is a pending lawsuit, it will not change the government's plans regarding Mj\u00f8lnerparken, as Minister Kristian Rabberg Madsen pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the housing association Bo-Vita, residents who have to move will be offered another apartment in one of the association's residential areas in Copenhagen, or they will be helped to find a home elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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