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New rates for housing support and young people's stays in prison institutions
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om finansiering af visse ydelser og tilbud efter lov om social service og barnets lov samt betaling for unges ophold i Danmarks Fængslers institutioner
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- Municipalities must pay a fixed rate of 58,971 DKK (2026 level) to the day or residential service that provides time-limited housing support under section 85 a of the Act on Social Services.
- The rate for young people's stays in the Danish Prison and Probation Service institutions and in secure residential institutions (crime-prevention rate) has been raised from 1,652,253 DKK (2024 level) to 1,788,762 DKK (2026 level) per year.
- The Danish Immigration Service also covers the municipality's costs for persons covered by section 42 a, subsection 1, of the Aliens Act.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 October 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 31 August 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 2 September 2026
- In force · 1 October 2026