Left Reykjavík

Let’s strengthen the foundations of social welfare and rebuild the labour housing system

  • We will add 600 affordable social housing units during the next four years.
  • We will use the improved financial strength of the city to invest in its social infrastructure: day care, education and welfare services. We will prioritize in the interests of families and children.
  • We will press to abolish fees at the city’s day care centres and make all children’s education free of charge. People should not pay for basic social services.
  • We will open a Centre for Immigrants in crisis.
  • We will roll back privatization in the school system and stand in firm defence of education.
  • We will work more closely with housing cooperatives, the unions and the labour movement, and everyone else who shares our vision of a housing market which serves people, not capital.
  • We will ensure urban planning which guarantees social diversity in all neighbourhoods. We will fight against class divisions and the marginalization of vulnerable groups, including immigrants.