Homeless Found Shelter at Kringsjå
Lived in Hallway and Basement
One person was living on a small surface between the 12th and 13th floor at Kringsjå and another was living in the basement. They were chucked out by the police on Thursday.
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”The back pack used to be here,” Marianne Kinsman (21) says.
“And there sometimes used to be a sleeping bag lying around here as well,” Tomas Mendez (23) says.
“I just thought that somebody was having a laugh and left them behind but that was apparently not the case,” Kinsman replies.
The two students stand between the 12th and 13th floor in student halls 4 at Kringsjå Student Village. Here, on the small surface on the stairway, a person used to sleep every night until the end of last week.
Also in the Basement
Thursday morning, residents on the upper floors of the building were awakened by the police.
“They rang our doorbell wondering whether we knew of somebody living on the stairway. We hardly ever take the stairs so we were consequently unaware of it,” Kinsman says.
Since most people living on the upper floors take the elevator, the person in question was pretty much left alone.
“We chucked out a couple of people from the building. They were not allowed to live there, and that is why we removed them,” unit leader at Majorstua precinct Geir Danielsen says.
In addition, there was reportedly somebody living in the basement.
“I have on several occasions seen that somebody has made some kind of bed out of clothing. There has also been a back pack lying around,” Tomas Mendez says.
Never Heard of Before
The Foundation for Student Life in Oslo (SiO) are pleased with the removal of the illegal residents, who are described as “somewhat startled young lads”.
“One of the landlords notified us of the matter and we got in touch with the police. They have now been chucked out, which is good,” marketing executive of Student Housing Guri Bergo says.
They have never heard of similar incidents before.
“Particularly during the summer holidays, we have had some problems regarding subletting and too many people living in some of the rooms. But we have never experienced that somebody has illegally been living in the hallway,” she says.
“This is a very delicate matter for us. It is important that residents feel safe and well taken care of. In case they turn up again, we will once more contact the police and expect them to deal with the matter accordingly,” Bergo says.
Marianne Kinsman is not directly bothered by the fact that somebody has been living illegally in their hallway.
“As long as nobody has stolen anything from me or bothered anyone, it is fair enough. And everyone needs a place to stay. There is probably a reason why they had to live like that,” she says.
