Four MPs—Harry Valderhaug, Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius, Jonas Andersen Sayed, and Jørgen H. Kristiansen—proposed changes to building regulations to reduce construction costs through simplification, removal of unnecessary requirements, and alignment with Nordic standards. The Standing Committee on Municipal and General Administration, with a majority from the Labour Party, Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, Red Party, and Green Party, recommends rejecting the proposal, citing the government's existing work on streamlining building codes.
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The Storting urges the government to amend building regulations aimed at substantially reducing construction costs through simplification, removal of unnecessary requirements, and harmonization with other Nordic rules.
Document 8:151 S (2025–2026)—Private member's bill by MPs Harry Valderhaug, Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius, Jonas Andersen Sayed, and Jørgen H. Kristiansen to simplify housing construction requirements and reduce building costs and housing prices—shall not pass.