The number of completed flats increased by 5,151 TP 3 T over five years.
A total of 524 new flats were completed in Hafnarfjörður last year. They were added to the town's 11,000-strong housing stock. The number of new homes in Hafnarfjörður has increased steadily in recent years, rising by 515% last year compared to 2020.
Over 500 new flats in Hafnarfjörður last year
A total of 524 flats were completed in Hafnarfjörður last year, over 515% more than in 2020. According to figures from the Housing and Building Authority, the number of new completed flats was 524 last year, 407 in 2023 and 110 in 2022.
Valdimar Víðisson, the mayor of Hafnarfjörður, says a great deal of work has been put into speeding up housing development since 2018. „We are seeing the results of a great deal of work over recent years at the moment, and I will continue to prioritise the construction of homes for all groups in society, as has been the case,“ he says.
- 2024 = 524 flats
- 2023 = 407 flats
- 2022 = 110 flats
- 2021 = 137 flats
- 2020 = 85 flats
- Source: Figures from HMS
The Housing and Building Authority held a public meeting this week on the state of the housing market. It was revealed that the number of completed flats increased by the largest proportional amount in the City of Hafnarfjörður, by 4.8 per cent, with 524 flats completed there last year.
A total of 4,824 flats are under construction in the capital region, of which 1,219 are in Hafnarfjörður, according to the dashboard. Housing and Building Authority. The institution estimates the housing need at just over 13,600 over the next five years, of which nearly 8,390 are in the capital region.
„Hafnarfjörður has built a lot in the last two to three years in its new neighbourhood,“ said Jón Örn Gunnarsson, an expert at the Housing and Municipal Planning Department of HMS, on RÚV news on Tuesday evening.
Development has mainly been based on plots in Hafnarfjörður and on sites suitable for shared ownership loans. Conventional homes have been built here, which are well-suited to the market.
Want to increase the number of building sites
The focus is now on increasing the number of building sites within Hafnarfjörður to maintain the same pace of development. A total of around 1,850 homes are to be built in Hamranes. Some of them are already in use.
„We have done well here in Hafnarfjörður, as the figures show,“ he says, „but it is clear that more needs to be built across the country.“ "We need to continue to densify settlements in a sensible way at the same time as we build on new land. The two need to go hand in hand and is the only way to solve the situation we currently have. Let's call this the Hafnarfjörður way," says Valdimar, jokingly.
Hamraneshverfi last weekend. Photos/Guðmundur Fylkisson