Permission requirement for protected housing

The plan explicitly protects women's and girls' crisis centres' independence and establishes that it must not be restricted through state regulation or subsidy systems that prevent the centres from prioritising their own activities. A licensing requirement that makes municipal compensation the centres depend on conditional is exactly such a restriction. The plan also sees the crisis centre movement as a unique actor that shall be strengthened with secure resources, not pressured by market logic.

• centres' independencedecisive»Vi värnar kvinno- och tjejjourernas självständighet. Den får inte« (party programme ↗)“We protect women's and girls' crisis centres' independence. It must not”
• strengthen crisis centre movement with resources»opinionsarbete. Vi ser kvinno- och tjejjourrörelsen som en unik aktör« (party programme ↗)“advocacy work. We see the women's and girls' crisis centre movement as a unique actor”
• against privatisation of women's crisis centres»Vänsterpartiet vill motverka den privatisering som sker av kvinnojourernas verksamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to counter the privatisation that occurs of women's crisis centre activities.”
• right to secure housing solution»Vänsterpartiet anser att det därutöver måste vara en rättighet att få hjälp med en långsiktig trygg boendelösning för den som behöver det för att lämna våldsutsatthet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party also believes that there must be a right to help with a long-term secure housing solution for anyone who needs it to leave domestic violence.”

The plan requires that all activities conducted on behalf of the public are covered by nationally established regulations that ensure quality, and it wants to step up supervision. A licensing requirement for professionally protected housing is precisely such a quality requirement, which is why the plan does not support the counter-proposal's demand to refrain. The plan simultaneously values women's support centres' work, which speaks in favor of support for the centres rather than lower quality requirements.

• national rules for tax-financed activitiesdecisive»ska det finnas nationellt fastställda regelverk.« (party programme ↗)“there should be nationally established regulations.”
• tightened supervision for quality»Tillsynen av sjukvården ska växlas upp för att garantera kvaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Supervision of healthcare should be stepped up to guarantee quality.”
• protection for abuse victims»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures to stop honour-based violence, sexual crimes and men's violence against women. We want to continue the political direction that has toughened sentences for violence and other violations in close relationships, and that has increased resources to women's and girls' support centres' important work.”
• support for women's support centres»och som ökat resurserna till kvinno- och tjejjourernas viktiga arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“and that has increased resources to women's and girls' support centres' important work.”

The plan's central commitment in the question of who shall operate welfare activities is that all activities shall be subject to supervision by a public authority that ultimately can stop activities that do not meet the standard, and that quality shall be maintained at the same level regardless of operator. For a group that is particularly vulnerable this weighs more heavily than the objection to a licensing requirement. At the same time the plan wants more women's shelters with better preconditions, which pulls in the opposite direction.

• public supervision of all activitiesdecisive»All verksamhet ska vara underställd tillsyn av en offentlig myndighet som ytterst« (party programme ↗)“All activities shall be subject to supervision by a public authority that ultimately”
• quality regardless of operator»All offentligfinansierad välfärd oavsett utförare ska« (party programme ↗)“All publicly financed welfare regardless of operator shall”
• protection for violence victims»skapa en dörr ut för våldsutsatta i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“create a door out for violence victims throughout the country”
• better conditions for shelters»mansmottagningar och kvinnojourer och bättre« (party programme ↗)“men's centers and women's shelters and better”

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The election manifesto requires that women's shelters and safe houses receive more and permanent funding to continue their work, and the party programme that politics remove obstacles to civil society's development rather than create new ones. A permit requirement that in practice conditions the shelters' only reliable income risks the opposite. The plan simultaneously sets quality requirements for publicly funded activities, which makes the assessment uncertain.

• permanent support for sheltersdecisive»Kvinnojourer, tjejjourer och skyddade boenden behöver mer och permanent finansiering för att kunna fortsätta sitt viktiga arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women's shelters, girls' shelters, and safe houses need more and permanent funding to continue their important work.”
• remove obstacles for civil society»Politikens uppgift är att riva hinder och röja väg för denna utvecklingskraft.« (party programme ↗)“The task of politics is to remove obstacles and clear the way for this development power.”
• civil society's independent role»Det civila samhället, människornas frivilliga organisering, är en fundamental del av varje väl fungerande demokrati och välfärdsstat.« (party programme ↗)“Civil society, people's voluntary organization, is a fundamental part of every well-functioning democracy and welfare state.”
• long-term funding of organizations»Organisationer som jobbar med flickor och pojkar, förövare och utsatta, ska ha den långsiktiga finansiering de behöver.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Organizations working with girls and boys, perpetrators and those affected, should have the long-term funding they need.”

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 requires that supervision occurs under state administration based on nationally established quality standards and that the operator that maintains insufficient quality shall not have permission to conduct activities in the welfare sector. The counter-proposal wants the permit requirement for protected housing not to be introduced, which goes against this when the target group is particularly vulnerable. The plan meanwhile cherishes women's crisis centres as an indispensable complement, but this speaks for conditions and support, not against quality requirements.

• state supervision and quality standardsdecisive»Tillsynen ska ske i statlig regi utifrån nationellt fastställda kvalitetsnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Supervision shall occur under state administration based on nationally established quality standards.”
• permission requires quality»skyldig till allvarliga brister ska inte ha tillstånd att bedriva verksamhet inom välfärdssektorn.« (party programme ↗)“responsible for serious deficiencies shall not have permission to conduct activities in the welfare sector.”
• protection and support for victims»ett bättre skydd och stöd för offren« (2022 manifesto ↗)“better protection and support for the victims”
• women's crisis centres indispensable»kvinnojourerna är ett omistligt komplement till det offentligas insatser.« (party programme ↗)“women's crisis centres are an indispensable complement to public efforts.”

The plan warns explicitly that society's vulnerability increases when the public through legislation or requirements takes over the civil society's tasks, and requires that state and municipality give associations freedom to take responsibility for activities that are central to them. The counter-proposal's demand that the permit requirement is not introduced, or that it is based on the duty groups' own model, is in line with this. The demand for protection for those subjected to violence pulls in the opposite direction.

• protect civil society's tasksdecisive»När det offentliga genom lagstiftning, skatter, incitament eller pålagor tar över det civila samhällets uppgifter ökar hela samhällets sårbarhet.« (party programme ↗)“When the public through legislation, taxes, incentives or requirements takes over the civil society's tasks society's overall vulnerability increases.”
• freedom for associations to take responsibility»stat och kommun ger olika grupper möjlighet och frihet« (party programme ↗)“state and municipality give various groups the opportunity and freedom”
• voluntary before commercial»Ideell verksamhet ska prioriteras framför kommersiella intressen« (party programme ↗)“Voluntary activities shall be prioritized over commercial interests”
• protection for victims of violence»nära relation ska ges adekvat stöd och skydd.« (party programme ↗)“close relationship shall be given adequate support and protection.”

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 consistent line on welfare provision by others is that high quality requirements must be set and that licences can be revoked from those who seriously fail. Together with the commitment to stop men's violence against women, this speaks against the counter-proposal's demand to waive licensing requirements for professionally protected housing. The plan also wants to continue strengthening women's shelters, which partially supports the counter-proposal's concern for their finances.

• quality requirements and revoked licencedecisive»Se till att skolor som drivs i företagsform lever upp till högt ställda kvalitetskriterier för att få göra vinstutdelning samt dra in tillståndet för skolor som allvarligt brister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that schools run as businesses meet high quality criteria in order to allow profit distribution and revoke licences from schools that seriously fail”
• protect women subjected to violence»Vi ska stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must stop men's violence against women”
• strengthened women's shelters»Fortsätta stärka kvinnojourerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Continue to strengthen women's shelters”
• zero tolerance for violence»Våld har ingen plats i vårt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Violence has no place in our society.”

The plan requires that women's shelters are supported and given better preconditions and emphasizes civil society's great responsibility for those who have broken free from honour oppression. The state's task is to highlight and support the voluntary sector, not to limit its freedom of action. A licensing requirement that risks the shelters' only secure income argues against this, although the plan simultaneously conditions public support.

• support for women's sheltersdecisive»Kvinnojourer med inriktning mot hedersproblematik måste stödjas och ges bättre förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women's shelters with focus on honour issues must be supported and given better preconditions.”
• support without limiting civil society»att lyfta fram och stödja den ideella sektorn« (party programme ↗)“to highlight and support the voluntary sector”
• civil society's responsibility»Civilsamhället tar ett stort ansvar för att hjälpa dem som har brutit sig loss från hedersförtryck eller försöker göra det.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil society takes great responsibility for helping those who have broken free from honour oppression or are trying to do so.”
• conditioned public support»En förutsättning för att kunna erhålla stöd från det offentliga skall dock« (party programme ↗)“A prerequisite for being able to receive support from the public sector shall however”

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.