https://lovsnak.dk/en/topic/older-people/New explanations on the topic: Older people and housingenWed, 04 Nov 2026 16:47:10 +0000https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-92/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-92/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:32:54 +0000What changes: The act adapts the Social Services Act, the Legal Protection Act and a number of other acts to the Elderly Care Act. The rules on meal services are separated from the provision on personal and practical assistance and grouped together in a new § 83 b of the Social Services Act. At the same time, the rules on nursing homes and several other elderly care provisions are moved from the Social Services Act to the Elderly Care Act. When: Some parts entered into force on 31 December 2024. Section 6 entered into force on 1 January 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 July 2025. Section 3, no. 1 will enter into force on 1 July 2027.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-91/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-91/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:39 +0000What changes: The act introduces a new, simplified elderly care inspection across municipalities. The inspection will focus on the units where the risk of quality problems is highest. Peer inspection will be introduced in nursing homes. When: Sections 1, 2 and 4-14 entered into force on 1 July 2025. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 January 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-93/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-93/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:28 +0000What 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.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20261-b-19/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20261-b-19/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:25:45 +0000Proposed by: Danmarksdemokraterne (6 members, first named: Marlene Harpsøe) What is proposed: The proposal suggests that the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) asks the government to set general national standards for Danish language skills among staff in elderly care. Who would be affected: The proposal is about staff in elderly care. When: The proposal has not been adopted yet. A proposal for a parliamentary resolution is not an act and does not change the rules by itself. If the Danish Parliament adopts it, it is usually a call on the government to act.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20261-b-20/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20261-b-20/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:25:31 +0000Proposed by: Danmarksdemokraterne (6 members, first named: Marlene Harpsøe) What is proposed: The proposal suggests that the Danish Parliament asks the government to set national standards for municipal meal services. The aim is that older people can have free choice and the right to choose meat for their daily meals, if they wish. Who would be affected: The proposal is about older people who receive meal services from the municipality. When: The proposal has not been adopted yet. A proposal for a parliamentary resolution is not an act and does not change the rules by itself. If the Danish Parliament adopts it, it is usually a call on the government to act.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-40/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-40/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:24:11 +0000What changes: The act authorises the Minister for Older Persons to lay down rules on whether care allowance can be paid during temporary stays in the Faroe Islands and Greenland, and on the conditions for this. The act also continues the scheme for care allowance when caring for dying people in the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Who: The act concerns people who care for a close relative who wishes to die in their own home. This applies when the dying person lives in the Faroe Islands or Greenland. When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1567/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1567/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:46:19 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets out what the municipality can charge for a range of services under the Elderly Care Act. It also has rules on payment for meal delivery, meal arrangements and help based on income. Who: The rules apply to recipients of services under the Elderly Care Act, including meal delivery, meal arrangements in sheltered housing and help under sections 16 and 17. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-31/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-31/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:46:10 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets out how the municipality decides and calculates the citizen's payment for, among other things, meal delivery, meal schemes and help under the Act on Social Services for Older Persons. It also sets upper limits for the payment. Who: The rules apply to recipients of meal delivery, meal schemes and help under the Act on Social Services for Older Persons, and to the municipal council that sets the payment. When: The executive order entered into force on 15 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-737/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-737/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:19 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets out that municipalities can receive a commitment framework within a appropriation of DKK 300 million. The municipality can give housing associations DKK 15,000 per year per dwelling to lower the rent for housing seekers with urgent housing needs and low ability to pay. Who: The rules apply to municipalities that apply for a commitment framework, and to public housing associations that receive grants. They are for housing seekers with an urgent housing need and a particularly low ability to pay, including citizens experiencing homelessness. When: The executive order entered into force on 4 September 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-736/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-736/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:16 +0000What changes: The Danish Social and Housing Agency now grants one-off grants for establishing particularly affordable social family housing, instead of the municipal council granting an annual grant for rent reductions. The grant is 500,000 DKK, compared with 400,000 DKK previously (2021 price level) per dwelling, and the amount is adjusted each year in line with the development in the net price index. The municipality can now apply up to and including 30 November 2031, compared with 30 November 2027 previously. The municipality must still exercise the right of referral for the number of dwellings that have received a grant (previously it applied from when the dwellings were put into use), and the social housing department must make vacant dwellings of no more than 55 m2 available to the municipality. When: The executive order entered into force on 4 September 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-742/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-742/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:13 +0000What changes: The support for housing associations' purchase of properties that are not used for housing is changed from a grant to an interest-free loan. The loan must begin to be repaid no later than 50 years after the property is put into use, but it can be required to be repaid earlier if the property's finances, compared with the purpose of social housing and the general rent level, make this possible. When: The executive order entered into force on 4 September 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-738/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-738/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:07 +0000What changes: Commitments for a land purchase loan can at most cover the difference between 15 percent of the maximum amount and the land costs. Previously it was 20 percent. The deadline for the municipality's commitment of support is 12 months instead of 6, counted from the Landsbyggefonden commitment. When: The executive order entered into force on 4 September 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-734/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-734/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:02:49 +0000What changes: The contribution can be no more than DKK 250,000 per social housing unit, compared with DKK 150,000 before. The deadlines are now 12 months (previously 6) for the municipality's commitment to the social housing units, and 48 months (previously 12) for starting the improvement work. When: The executive order entered into force on 4 September 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-863/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-863/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:33:12 +0000What changes: The executive order covers commitments for one-off grants to set up unconventional housing, grants for a social caretaker for up to five years from when the dwelling is put into use, and one-off grants for major unforeseen renovation work on unconventional housing that has previously been granted public support, and the one-off grant for setting up unconventional housing can make up to 500,000 DKK per dwelling after an assessment of the application. When: The executive order entered into force on 8 October 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-864/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-864/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:49:27 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets rules for running unconventional housing units that are owned by a non-profit self-governing institution, and it covers, among other things, rent, budget, accounts, audit and the municipal council's supervision. When: The executive order entered into force on 8 October 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-887/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-887/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:45:19 +0000What changes: Applications for approval must be received and fully documented by 15 October 2026, and applications for renewal by 15 November 2026. Later or incomplete applications will be rejected unless they can exceptionally be processed before 31 December 2026. Cases not processed by 31 December 2026 will be refused. Who: The rules apply to you if you are applying for approval of building materials in contact with drinking water. When: The executive order entered into force on 15 October 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20252-l-18/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20252-l-18/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:09:27 +0000What changes: The act adjusts a number of support schemes in the fund for mixed towns and creates a new support scheme for senior co-housing communities. In selected municipalities with particularly high housing prices, the municipality can approve that social housing construction costs more than the maximum amount, if the extra is paid with a municipal supplementary loan. It is no longer the minister, but the municipal council, that approves the sale, demolition and merging of social housing units. Who: The rules affect municipalities, housing organisations and owners of assisted-living housing. When: The Act entered into force on 4 September 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-89/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-89/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: A new elderly care act consolidates regulations on elderly care and introduces comprehensive care. Who: Elderly individuals receiving help from elderly care services, municipalities, and private providers of elderly care. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.