Kirsti Bergstø, Grete Wold, and Birgit Oline Kjerstad have tabled a constitutional amendment to introduce a new section 111 guaranteeing the right to housing. The proposers argue that housing is a necessity that enables people to function as equal citizens and gain access to democratic and social rights, and that markets alone cannot provide affordable homes to people with limited means. They present two alternative formulations for the provision and two alternative placements in the Constitution.
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Alternative 1 (Bokmål): New section 111 should read: Every citizen has the right to a home. Further provisions on how this principle shall be implemented shall be established by law.
Alternative 1 (Nynorsk): Every citizen has the right to a home. Further provisions on how this principle shall be implemented shall be established by law.
Alternative 2 (Bokmål): New section 111 should read: State authorities shall ensure that everyone's right to a home is fulfilled. Further provisions on how this principle shall be implemented shall be established by law.
Alternative 2 (Nynorsk): State authorities shall ensure that everyone's right to a home is fulfilled. Further provisions on how this principle shall be implemented shall be established by law.
Alternative 3: New section 111 a should read as alternative 1.
Alternative 4: New section 111 a should read as alternative 2.