New rules for care homes: support, guarantees, settlement and sale
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om friplejeboliger og lov om almene boliger m.v. (Finansiering af støttede friplejeboliger, forhøjelse af årlig bevillingskvote, afhændelse af friplejeboliger, sale and lease back-aftaler, forbud mod afvisning af borgere, fastsættelse af afregningspriser, ændringer som følge af ældreloven m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act changes the framework for subsidised care homes.
- Support can be given for more homes per year (up to 400, but no more than 41 in urban areas), and loans for care homes in rural areas get a full state guarantee.
- There are also new rules on settlement, sale of homes and refusal of citizens.
- Who: The rules apply to care home providers and municipalities. Some of them also affect citizens who have been assigned to a nursing home or a similar type of housing.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget ændrer rammerne for etablering af støttede friplejeboliger. Lovforslaget indebærer bl.a. en ny finansieringsordning, en højere ramme for støtte til opførsel af friplejeboliger samt en revision af friplejeboliglovens regler for prisfastsættelse af støttede friplejeboliger. Formålet med forslaget er at styrke ældre borgeres mulighed for selv at vælge, hvordan de ønsker at bo ved at sikre, at der kan etableres friplejeboliger med støtte i hele landet, herunder i de dele af landet, hvor der er relativt vanskeligere finansieringsvilkår. Lovforslaget udmønter dele af ”Aftale om en reform af ældreområdet”, som blev indgået i april 2024 af regeringen (Moderaterne, Socialdemokratiet og Venstre), Danmarksdemokraterne, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Liberal Alliance, Det Konservative Folkeparti og Radikale Venstre.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 7 November 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 19 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 30 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 1 July 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet