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To be sold next year, 11 of the Storting's commuter homes will be put on the market. The Storting owns a total of 143 commuter homes, which are used by parliamentarians who are likely to be residents at least 40 kilometers away from the Storting. This arrangement exists to allow representatives from across the country to maintain a home in their hometown while serving in the national assembly.

The administration of the Storting has evaluated its housing needs and concluded that the portfolio needs to be "adjusted." E24 has gained insight into the Storting's estimate of how much it paid for the 11 homes that are now to be sold. The homes were either purchased or transferred from Statsbygg between 1991 and 2004, with a price per home ranging from 500,000 to 2 million kroner.

The total expenditure was therefore between 5.5 million and 22 million kroner for the 11 homes. The government has included an expected income of 100 million kroner from the sales in the budget for next year. If that is the case, the profit will be between 78 and 94.5 million kroner, with a return on investment of between 354 and 1,718 percent.

Of the 143 commuter homes, 115 are currently in use, reports the Storting to E24. The Storting has bought or sold no homes since 2014. Since then, the housing market in Norway has grown by almost 61 percent, according to figures from Eiendom Norge. Over the same period, price growth in society has been 48.15 percent, according to figures from the Statistics Norway.

The budget for next year's housing sale is placed with Doffin, the database for public procurement. The contract could be worth up to 3.5 million for the winning bidder. The buyer will be selected in November, and the homes will be sold over a period of four years. The commuter homes formed the basis of the scandal that hit the Storting in 2021.

At that time, Aftenposten revealed that several high-ranking politicians had received free commuter homes from the Storting, even though they already had homes or rented other properties nearby. Several top politicians withdrew from leadership roles after the revelation. The Storting has previously stated that the sales are not a direct consequence of the expansion of the commuter home scandal. - Deputy head of the housing and services department at the Storting, Terje Olsen, said that they do not perceive a significant change in demand since 2021.