04 | Social Housing in Norway – National and Local Approaches
Tracks
English
| Thursday, November 6, 2025 |
| 10:45 - 11:45 |
Details
The Norwegian State Housing Bank is the government’s main agency for implementing housing policy, aiming to ensure everyone can live well and safely. In close collaboration with municipalities, Husbanken supports strategic leadership, promotes key social housing success factors, and finances housing solutions for disadvantaged groups such as children, older adults, individuals with substance use/mental health challenges.
Sandnes will share its experience in expanding the Housing First model and FACT teams across the entire municipality. Initially targeted at a small group, the HF approach was extended in 2022 to include all individuals with functional impairments due to substance use and/or mental illness.
Systematic follow-up and allocation of ordinary housing have led to improved stability and quality of life. The presentation will also cover national HF developments, including a network of 25 municipal projects coordinated by NAPHA, a key learning arena that fosters knowledge sharing and innovation across sectors and government levels.
Speaker
Liv Halseth
Senioradvisor
Husbanken (the Norwegian Stat Housing Bank)
Social Housing in Norway – National and Local Approaches
Biography
Liv Halseth work as Senior Advisers in The Norwegian Housing Bank (Husbanken) who is the main agency implementing Norwegian social housing policy on the national level. Liv has a particular responsibility for homelessness and for implementing methods and strategies towards the municipalities.
Speakers
Petter Dahle
Specialist Advisor
The Norwegian Resource Center for Community Based Mental Health NAPHA
Nina Stokke
Fagleder
Sandnes Kommune
