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36Finding a place to liveHOUSINGCo-op, tenant- orowner-occupiedaccommodationMost rented accommodation is found inmulti-storey buildings, typically as largehousing estates in the residential areas ofmajor cities.The municipalities manage anumber of flats, including housing for theyoung and the elderly, and may allocatetenants to these flats. You must meetcertain requirements to be eligible forallocation of this type of accommodation.Ask your municipality about thepossibilities.Private housing societies also let flats,and some private house-owners let one ormore rooms. Single-family houses arehardly ever let.Most single-family houses are owneroccupieddwellings purchased and sold onthe private housing market. The privatemarket also includes a sector for flats andterrace houses. Some of these are ownedby cooperative housing societies. Thismeans that you buy a share, and thus theright, to live in one of their houses or flats.If you are looking for a place to live, youhave the following options:• Ask at the municipal housing office.• Put your name on a waiting list for aflat in a housing society.• Look for advertisements in the nationalor local newspapers*, or insert anadvertisement yourself.• Search the Internet, or insert anadvertisement free of charge.You mayget access to the Internet at the publiclibraries.• Look under “Housing Agencies” (Boliganvisning)in the yellow pages* in theDanish telephone directory.• Put up a notice on the board in yourlocal supermarkets.• Ask family, friends and acquaintances.Look for advertisementsor ask around