Ikea builds housing for Icelandic staff 宜家家居為冰島員工打造住宅

The furniture retailer is worried that staff are being priced out of the Icelandic property market

家具零售商擔心員工因為負擔不了冰島房地產市場而出走

Swedish furniture and lifestyle chain Ikea is building an apartment block in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik in order to give its employees somewhere affordable to live.
瑞典家具與生活方式的連鎖店宜家家居正在冰島首都雷克雅維克建造公寓大樓，為了提供其員工可負擔的住處。

The 36 flats will be available to staff next summer, the Reykjavik Grapevine website reports, saying that rents in the city have "skyrocketed" in recent years.

根據雷克雅維克葡萄藤網站報導，明年夏天將會有36層樓提供給員工住宿，也表示該城市內的房租近年來不斷「飆升」。

Thorinn Ivarsson, the company's CEO in Iceland, said the development is intended to provide safe housing for its staff at a reasonable price, with the lowest rent expected to be from 100,000 krona ($889; £716) per month.

公司在冰島的CEO，Thorinn Ivarsson表示這項發展是要以一個合理的價格，提供安全的住宅給他們的員工，最低價格預計為每月十萬克朗起（889美元；716歐元）。

 "That's a lot less than people pay for a dump here and there in town," Ivarsson told Iceland's Morganbladid newspaper, going on to say that housing security would result in happy and productive staff. The average rental price for a one bedroom flat in Reykjavik's city centre is 175,000 krona ($1,555; £1,254).

Ivarsson告訴冰島的Morganbladid報紙「那遠比人們承租城鎮內各處垃圾場的價格還要少」接著說住宿的保障將會讓員工更開心且更具生產力，在雷克雅維克市中心，一間臥室的住處平均的租金價格為17萬5千克朗（1555美元；1254歐元）。

The cost of buying or renting a home has become a hot topic in Reykjavik, where the recent tourist boom has pushed prices up by some 14% in 2016, pricing many locals out of the market.

購買或是租房的成本已經成為雷克雅維克的一項熱門話題，因為近年來，遊客暴增，2016年推高了14%的價格，也使許多當地人負擔不起租金而搬離當地。

Ikea staff will be given priority in renting the new housing, but it may also be offered to students and workers at a new supermarket being built in the area.

宜家家居的員工將可優先承租新公寓大樓，但這棟建築也會承
租給學生及在該區域超市上班的勞工們。