Anne-Rita Andal

Anne-Rita is the manager of the Norwegian tenants union - Leieboerforeningen. She is a long-time housing activist and has worked in the tenants union since 2014. She is concerned with the lack of affordable housing due to the monotonous political focus on home ownership in Norway. She believes that the marked-based home ownership model of Norway is showing serious weakness due to the high level of debt in home owner-households.

 

But above all, Andal is one of the leading voices fighting for equality for the one million tenants of Norway. She works closely with tenant groups and is especially concerned with the social housing sector of Norway, where financially vulnerable households pay marked-based rents and live in poorly maintained public housing with short-term contracts. She is currently working closely with tenants from the public and private sectors and enabling tenants to organize themselves and let their voices be heard.

Anne-Rita has also worked with developing alternative solutions for tenants for almost 20 years, amongst others, fighting for affordable housing in Oslo through her work in the foundation Ormsundveien Økogrend – a concept of a small ecovillage where tenants can achieve long-term contracts and moderate rent, and build their own homes.  
She is currently finishing a master’s degree in value-based leadership and is researching the welfare political values of the municipality of Oslo.