Randers regional labour and housing market

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Randers - regional labour and housing market

• Mecibs Conference
• Kokkola Finland
• 16 18 January 2005

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Randers
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Randers Municipality 2007
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Main strategies

• Housing policy
• Business policy
• Education policy
• Cultural policy

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Housing

• Many small apartments
• Inexpensive housing
• Large sale of sites (for building)
• Good posibilities for commuting
• Large influx to Randers (3.000 persons a year)
• Many young newcomers
• Many movings from Randers (3.000 persons a year),
  amongstfamilies with children. The trend is
  changing

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Housing II

• Few large investors
• Many low income residents
• One-sided housing market
• Little housing by the river and other natural
  resorts
• Less housing development than other comparable
  cities
• Few houses for families

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Business

• Many workplaces in industrial production
• Decrease of people active in the labour force
• Increasing mobility of the labour force-
  Increase of commuting between other regional
  labour markets- Stronger connection inside the
  regional labour market of Crown Jutland
• Transformation of companies and business life
  caused by globalization

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Business II

• Many entrepreneurs
• Historical market town and center in Crown
  Jutland
• Good infrastructure
• Well situated between two cities with
  universities
• Low level of income
• Important industrial town in transformation
• Few large industrial companies (relatively
  sensitive to market fluctuations)
• Many small and medium sized companies

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Commuting
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Education

• Large selection of futher education (short
  duration)
• A tradition for vocational training
• Cooperation between institutes of education
  andbusiness life
• Small selection of further education (medium
  duration)
• No futher education of long duration
  (universities)
• Good housing conditions for young people
• No noticeable student environment
• Low level of education
• No tradition for further education of long
  duration

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Culture and tourism

• Many association activities
• Large financial engagement
• Several established museums
• Randers Rain Forest
• Værket house of music and theatre
• Flourishing musical scene with a broad variety of
  offers
• Unique nature and scenery
• Gudenå River and Randers Fjord
• Sports (Randers HK and Randers FC)

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Initiatives

• Merging of municipalities
• Maintaining and attracting companies
• Further qualification of the labour force
• Strenghten the regional coorperation
• Develop unique skills
• Increase the conditions for newly started
  companies
• Develop the citys role as cultural center

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Initiatives II

• Counteract stagnation in the population through
  new types of houses(50-100 houses added pr.
  year)
• Focus on change from rented dwelling to (first)
  owner-occupied dwelling
• Increase flow in the existing housing stock
• Utilize the potential in existing houses for
  families
• Support value increment in housing stock
• Increase variation in supply of houses
• Create a market for new investors
• Cooperation between the municipality and
  investors concerning city development

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Examples of action

• Amount for development 5.1 million Euro 2005
  2009
• City branding
• Children and nature project
• Exhibition touring companies, plants etc.
• Marketing Randers to students in Århus (closest
  university city)
• No entrance fee to the museums
• Water culture house, a third bridge, new
  rambla, renovated stadium
• Transformation project for the business life
• Large housing projects (Hvidemølle Randers Reb,
  apartments situated in the harbour area)