{"id":12811,"date":"2015-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/nyjar-leiguibudir-fyrir-fatlad-folk\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:58:55","slug":"new-rental-flats-for-disabled-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/nyjar-leiguibudir-fyrir-fatlad-folk\/","title":{"rendered":"New rental flats for disabled people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national organisation Down's Syndrome Association and the Municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur today signed an agreement regarding a plot of land at \u00d6ldugata 41 in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The Down's Syndrome Association's housing fund plans to build there rental flats for six disabled individuals. The building is scheduled for completion in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Mayor Haraldur L. Haraldsson, Sveinn E. Sigur\u00f0sson, chairman of the Housing Fund, and \u00c1rni M\u00fali J\u00f3nasson, executive director of Down's Syndrome Association, signed an agreement for the development of a residential complex for disabled people at 41 \u00d6ldugata in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.\u00a0The aim is to build accommodation that enables disabled people to live in their own homes in accordance with their needs and wishes as far as possible, to ensure them equal rights to housing, and to create the conditions for a normal life and participation in society.\u00a0The parties involved are hopefully pleased with the agreement and it was deemed appropriate to sign it on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is held on 3 December each year. The day has been celebrated since 1981.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9n4bkkwr-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/993;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Here we see Rannveig Einarsd\u00f3ttir, Director of Family Services for the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Svein E. Sigur\u00f0sson, chairman of the Housing Fund; Harald L. Haraldsson, mayor; \u00c1rni M\u00fala J\u00f3nasson, managing director of Development Aid; \u00c1sd\u00eds El\u00edn Au\u00f0unsd\u00f3ttir, director of Einiberg; and Hr\u00f6nn Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, department manager at the Family Service.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>Further information about the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's services for disabled people can be found<br \/>\n<a class=\"internal\" href=\"\/en\/ibuar\/felagsthjonusta\/folk-med-fotlun\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further information is provided by \u00c1rd\u00eds \u00c1rmannsd\u00f3ttir, Communications Manager for the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 email:<br \/>\n<a class=\"netfang\" href=\"mailto:ardis@hafnarfjordur.is\">ardis@hafnarfjordur.is<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landssamt\u00f6kin \u00deroskahj\u00e1lp og Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r skrifu\u00f0u \u00ed dag undir samkomulag vegna l\u00f3\u00f0ar a\u00f0 \u00d6ldug\u00f6tu 41 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. Til stendur a\u00f0 h\u00fasbyggingarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00deroskahj\u00e1lpar reisi \u00fear leigu\u00edb\u00fa\u00f0ir \u00e6tla\u00f0ar sex f\u00f6tlu\u00f0um einstaklingum. \u00c1\u00e6tla\u00f0 er a\u00f0 h\u00fasi\u00f0 ver\u00f0i tilb\u00fai\u00f0 til notkunar 2018. \u00cd dag skrifu\u00f0u Haraldur L. Haraldsson b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri, Sveinn E. Sigur\u00f0sson forma\u00f0ur H\u00fasbyggingarsj\u00f3\u00f0s og \u00c1rni M\u00fali J\u00f3nasson, framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri \u00deroskahj\u00e1lpar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12811"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}