The Danish national tenants’ organization: ”We have cried out for years”

ETHICS AND REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS: According to Lejernes Landsorganisation, (LLO, the Danish national tenants’ organization) that looks after tenants’ best interests, the issue of surging rents was a problem long before international investors, such as American private equity firm Blackstone, began to purchase and renovate apartments in order to increase rents and thereby their own earnings. Danish pension companies have practiced the same business model for years.
Photo: Jens Dresling
Photo: Jens Dresling

American private equity firm Blackstone’s penetration of the Danish real estate market has sharpened public focus on rent levels in Danish cities – not to mention the surging rents of real estate investors.  

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