Measures on the housing market

The plan's next step in housing policy is massive house building and lower rents, carried out with a state building company, investment support, and active land policy — that is, a shared state and municipal responsibility. The party programme wants to promote rental housing and build mixed neighbourhoods that counteract segregation. The counter-proposal's demands for more rental apartments at reasonable rents and housing as a social right are therefore the plan's own line.

• massive building and lower rentsdecisive»Vänsterpartiets nästa steg handlar om en politik för massivt bostadsbyggande, klimatsmarta renoveringar och sänkta hyror som går hand i hand med den gröna omställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party's next step is a policy of massive house building, climate-smart renovations, and lower rents that go hand in hand with the green transition.”
• state responsibility for building»Vänsterpartiet vill se ett statligt byggbolag, investeringsstöd för ökat bostadsbyggande och en aktiv markpolitik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see a state building company, investment support for increased house building, and active land policy.”
• promote rental housing»Hyresrätten med stärkt boendeinflytande och delaktighet ska främjas och kooperativa bostadsformer utan vinstsyfte ges möjlighet att utvecklas.« (party programme ↗)“Rental housing with strengthened tenant influence and participation shall be promoted and co-operative housing forms without profit motive given opportunity to develop.”
• mixed housing neighbourhoods»Genom en blandning av hustyper, lägenhetsstorlekar och upplåtelseformer ska alla miljöer främja jämställdhet och gemenskap och motverka segregation, slutenhet och kategoriboende.« (party programme ↗)“Through a mix of building types, apartment sizes, and forms of tenure, all environments shall promote equality and community and counteract segregation, exclusion, and category housing.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The counter-proposal repeats the plan's own housing policy: mixed dwelling and tenure forms, more rental apartments that ordinary people can afford and shared responsibility where all municipalities should take their share. The party programme sees housing as a social right and housing provision as a societal responsibility, with non-profit housing as a tool to keep costs down. The plan thus speaks directly against the committee's direction towards primarily owner-occupied housing.

• mixed tenure formsdecisive»Boende- och upplåtelseformer ska vara blandade. Trångboddheten ska bekämpas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Dwelling and tenure forms should be mixed. Overcrowding should be fought.”
• housing as a social right»socialdemokrater ser bostaden som en social rättighet och bostadspolitiken som en del av« (party programme ↗)“Social Democrats see housing as a social right and housing policy as part of”
• the state's responsibility for housing provision»Därför anser vi att det är ett samhälleligt ansvar att trygga« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, we believe it is a societal responsibility to secure”
• strong non-profit housing»Starka allmännyttiga och kooperativa företag är nödvändiga för att« (party programme ↗)“Strong non-profit and cooperative companies are necessary to”

The election manifesto requires more climate-smart rental apartments with reasonable rents and expanded investment support, and the party programme establishes that everyone has the right to housing, that housing forms shall be mixed in all areas and that rental housing and regulation of the housing market shall be valued. The counter-proposal's offensive housing policy with shared state and municipal responsibility is exactly that direction.

• more rental apartments with reasonable rentsdecisive»bygga fler klimatsmarta hyresrätter med rimliga hyror, utveckla och utöka investeringsstödet som gjorde det billigare att bygga och se till att fler kan äga sin bostad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“build more climate-smart rental apartments with reasonable rents, develop and expand the investment support that made it cheaper to build and ensure that more can own their home.”
• housing as a right»Alla har rätt till en bostad.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to a home.”
• mixed housing areas»Olika boendeformer bör blandas och finnas tillgängliga i alla områden.« (party programme ↗)“Different housing forms should be mixed and be available in all areas.”
• value rental housing»Därför är det särskilt viktigt att värna hyresrätten och en reglering av hyresmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore it is particularly important to value rental housing and regulation of the housing market.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan's housing line is built on simple rules and strong incentives to invest, a market with mobility and low thresholds and growing homeownership, not on a shared state and municipal responsibility for steering forward rental housing. The party programme moreover rejects planned economy directives in the economy. The counter-proposal's requirement for a state-driven housing policy with housing as a social right therefore gets no support in the plan.

• drivkrafter framför statlig styrningdecisive»starka drivkrafter att investera i bostäder, kan byggandet öka i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“strong incentives to invest in housing, building can increase across the country.”
• rörlig bostadsmarknad»präglas av rörlighet, låga trösklar, långsiktighet och mångfald.« (party programme ↗)“characterized by mobility, low thresholds, long-term thinking and diversity.”
• ägt boende i centrum»Boendet är den största investeringen många människor gör.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Housing is the largest investment many people make.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's housing line is more market, free rent-setting in new construction and abolished building subsidies, not an expanded state and municipal responsibility for rental housing with politically held rents. The counter-proposal's view that housing is a social right that the state shall provide therefore goes against the plan. The plan recognizes however special needs housing for vulnerable groups, which is a limited qualification.

• free rent-setting in new constructiondecisive»hyran i nybyggda hyresrätter ska få avtalas fritt mellan hyresvärd och hyresgäst« (2022 manifesto ↗)“rent in newly built rental housing shall be freely negotiated between landlord and tenant”
• no to building subsidies»Dagens dyra byggsubventioner ska avskaffas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Today's expensive building subsidies shall be abolished”
• more market in housing policy»Vi vill skapa en bostadsmarknad med fler bostäder och mer marknad« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to create a housing market with more housing and more market”
• needs housing for vulnerable»ett nytt system med behovsbostäder ska införas för grupper med särskilt stora bostadsbehov« (2022 manifesto ↗)“a new system with needs housing shall be introduced for groups with especially large housing needs”

The plan places on both state and municipality the responsibility to secure housing provision for everyone, regardless of social and economic circumstances, and wishes to have varying tenure forms in all residential areas to prevent segregation. Legislation shall be designed fairly between housing forms and protect tenants from unreasonable rent increases. A housing policy with shared state and municipal responsibility, mixed areas and reasonable rents thereby follows from the plan.

• housing for alldecisive»bostadsförsörjningen åt alla, i olika åldrar och med olika sociala och ekonomiska förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“housing provision for everyone, in different ages and with different social and economic circumstances.”
• mixed tenure forms»i alla stadsdelar och bostadsområden ska finnas varierande upplåtelseformer« (party programme ↗)“in all city districts and residential areas shall there be varying tenure forms”
• neutrality between housing forms»viktigt att lagstiftning utformas rättvist med hänsyn« (party programme ↗)“important that legislation is designed fairly taking into account”
• protection against unreasonable rents»Någon form av hyresreglering som skyddar de boende från oskäliga hyreshöjningar bör finnas.« (party programme ↗)“Some form of rent regulation that protects residents from unreasonable rent increases should exist.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan builds housing policy on home ownership and rents that reflect tenants' own valuation of housing, not politically determined reasonable rent levels and equalized housing costs. More housing should come through simplifications and reforms that increase construction, not through expanded state responsibility for housing supply. The counter-proposal's view that housing is a social right that the state should guarantee is outside the plan's line.

• market-based rent settingdecisive»Möjliggöra mer rättvisa hyror genom att potentiella hyresgästers värdering av boendet ges större vikt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable fairer rents by giving potential tenants' valuation of housing greater weight”
• home ownership in focus»I Moderaternas Sverige ska alla våga drömma om att äga sin egen bostad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the Moderates' Sweden, everyone should dare to dream of owning their own home.”
• increased building through reforms»Vi vill genomföra reformer som ökar byggandet av såväl hyressom bostadsrätter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to carry out reforms that increase the construction of both rental and cooperative housing.”
• limited state role in the economy»Statens roll i ekonomin är att värna dess grundläggande« (party programme ↗)“The state's role in the economy is to protect its fundamental”

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The plan establishes that everyone shall have access to housing of good standard and that measures are needed to brake soaring housing costs; the party programme additionally places shared responsibility on state and municipality so that resource-poor groups also get dignified housing. The counter-proposal's requirement for shared state and municipal responsibility and reasonable housing costs therefore aligns with the plan's direction, even though the plan's own tools are primarily more building and simplified rules.

• lower housing costsdecisive»Åtgärder behöver också vidtas för att bromsa de skenande boendekostnaderna så att fler har råd till ett hem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures also need to be taken to brake the soaring housing costs so that more people can afford a home.”
• shared responsibility for housing»Sverigedemokraternas bedömning är att marknaden inte ensam kan garantera alla medborgare« (party programme ↗)“Sweden Democrats' assessment is that the market alone cannot guarantee all citizens”
• housing of good standard»Alla ska ha tillgång till en bostad med god standard och kunna leva i en säker, trygg och trivsam miljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone shall have access to housing of good standard and be able to live in a safe, secure and pleasant environment.”
• more building»Öka bostadsbyggandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase housing construction”

Worldstate weighed in: Inflation 12 per cent and policy rate 3.0 per cent — Rapidly rising housing costs increase the weight of the plan's commitment to brake housing costs.

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.