2026-05-202025/26:CU31 · p.3CUCivil law & housing
A new model for block rental
New model for block rental of company housing
What's at stake: The decision affects how easily companies can offer flexible housing solutions through block rental, but also how strong the tenure protection is and how predictable the rent will be for the subtenants who actually live in the apartments.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government's new model for block rental — which among other things expands the possibility of contracting away tenure protection and introduces adjusted rent for subtenants — should be adopted in full, or whether parts of the proposal should be rejected due to risks for tenants.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee supports the government's legislative proposal for a new block-rental model and considers the regulation well-balanced, seeing no reason to change the future regulation of block rental.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 3 (S, V, MP)
Parts of the legislative proposal should be rejected, including the expanded possibility of contracting away tenure protection between block tenant and subtenant, the rules on adjusted rent, the exemption from the anti-strawman rule, and the possibility of granting block rental for onward subletting to a legal entity. The reason given is that the proposals risk abuse of the tenure-protection exemptions, market rents for subtenants, and insecure housing conditions.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 3 by S, V, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: KDKristdemokraterna
Ja 199–149Ja 180–168
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/21/0/0 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | No | No 0/106/0/0 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/18/0/0 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | Yes | Yes 24/0/0/0 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 16/0/0/0 | differs | confidence: low | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 19/0/0/0 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| M | Yes | Yes 65/0/0/1 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 70/0/0/0 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
Committee proposal
Parliament adopts the government's proposal for a law amending the Land Code to the extent it concerns chapter 7, section 31 and chapter 12, sections 1 e, 45 a, 55, 55 b and 55 f. Thus parliament approves proposition 2025/26:187 point 2 in this regard and rejects the motions 2025/26:3995 by Andreas Lennkvist Manriquez et al. (V) point 3, 2025/26:4011 by Joakim Järrebring et al. (S) point 2 and 2025/26:4065 by Amanda Palmstierna et al. (MP) points 2 and 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till lag om ändring i jordabalken i de delar det avser 7 kap. 31 § och 12 kap. 1 e, 45 a, 55, 55 b och 55 f §§. Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2025/26:187 punkt 2 i denna del och avslår motionerna 2025/26:3995 av Andreas Lennkvist Manriquez m.fl. (V) yrkande 3, 2025/26:4011 av Joakim Järrebring m.fl. (S) yrkande 2 och 2025/26:4065 av Amanda Palmstierna m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 2 och 3.
Riksdag decision: Parliament approved the government's proposal for a private rental act and amendments to, among other things, the land code and the condominium act. The amendments are intended to create a more flexible rental market and increase access to housing. A new private rental act is to be introduced with the aim of simplifying and clarifying the rules for private individuals who rent out their homes. The possibilities to rent out one's condominium to third parties are also expanded. The fact that the apartment was previously rented out is only to be taken into account in this context when the apartment is rented out again if the previous rental occurred to a significant extent. New rules are also being introduced to meet companies' needs for housing for their staff and to facilitate the increasingly common living arrangement where tenants rent individual rooms and share common areas. The new rules mean that the conditions for accommodating these forms of housing through so-called block rental are improved. Block rental means that a landlord rents out several apartments in a "block" to a single tenant, instead of renting out each apartment directly to private individuals. Furthermore, compensation for rental brokers is increased and rules are introduced regarding, among other things, leave to appeal in cases concerning the return of rent in order to streamline the process. The new law and legal amendments come into force on 1 July 2026.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants parliament to reject the government's proposal for private rental legislation. (S, V, MP) — Reservation 3
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The election manifesto makes it the party's clearest housing policy commitment to stop market rents and drive lower rents, and the party programme requires strong statutory protection for tenants.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto makes it the party's clearest housing policy commitment to stop market rents and drive lower rents, and the party programme requires strong statutory protection for tenants. The parts the counter-proposal wants to reject—negotiated away tenure security, adjusted rent and exceptions to the shell company rule—open precisely for market rents and insecure second-hand housing. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's motion to reject.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet gör det till partiets tydligaste bostadspolitiska åtagande att stoppa marknadshyror och driva sänkta hyror, och partiprogrammet kräver ett starkt lagstadgat skydd för hyresgäster. De delar motförslaget vill avslå - bortavtalat besittningsskydd, anpassad hyra och undantag från bulvanregeln - öppnar just för marknadshyror och otrygga andrahandsboenden. Planen stöder därför motförslagets avslagsyrkande.
- stop market rentsdecisive»Vänsterpartiet drog upp en gräns och stoppade marknadshyrorna sommaren 2021.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Left Party stopped market rents in summer 2021.”
- strong tenant protection in law»lagstiftningen för att tillsammans stå starka och försvara sina intressen.« (party programme ↗)“legislation to stand strong together and defend their interests.”
- lower rents»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 ↗)“Left Party's next step is about a policy for massive housing construction, climate-smart renovations and lower rents that go hand in hand with the green transition.”
- rental apartments with reasonable rents»Vi vill prioritera att bygga hyresrätter med rimliga« (party programme ↗)“We want to prioritize building rental apartments with reasonable”
The plan defends the collective rent-setting model and sees housing as a social right that shall provide security.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan defends the collective rent-setting model and sees housing as a social right that shall provide security. Being able to contract away occupancy protection between block tenant and second-hand tenant and exempt the dummy rule leads towards market rents and insecure housing conditions, which the counter-proposal wants to stop. The plan additionally requires that inadequate housing conditions be addressed.
Original (Swedish)
Planen försvarar den kollektiva hyressättningsmodellen och ser bostaden som en social rättighet som ska ge trygghet. Att kunna avtala bort besittningsskyddet mellan blockhyresgäst och andrahandshyresgäst och undanta bulvanregeln leder mot marknadshyror och otrygga boendeförhållanden, vilket motförslaget vill stoppa. Planen kräver dessutom att undermåliga boendeförhållanden åtgärdas.
- collective rent-settingdecisive»Försvar för den kollektiva hyressättningsmodellen.« (party programme ↗)“Defence of the collective rent-setting model.”
- housing as a social right»Bostaden är en social rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“Housing is a social right.”
- secure housing conditions»Undermåliga bostäder och trångboddhet åtgärdas.« (party programme ↗)“Inadequate housing and overcrowding are addressed.”
- active social housing policy»Aktiv och social bostadspolitik.« (party programme ↗)“Active and social housing policy.”
The plan wants to strengthen the position of tenants and see housing where people can live with dignity and security, with housing as a social right.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to strengthen the position of tenants and see housing where people can live with dignity and security, with housing as a social right. Expanded possibilities to contract away tenant protection and opening for market rents for subletting tenants contradict this. The counter-proposal's demand to reject these parts therefore aligns with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill stärka hyresgästernas ställning och se bostäder där människor kan leva med värdighet och trygghet, med bostaden som en social rättighet. Utökade möjligheter att avtala bort besittningsskyddet och öppna för marknadshyror för andrahandshyresgäster går emot detta. Motförslagets krav att avslå dessa delar ligger därför i linje med planen.
- strengthened position for tenantsdecisive»stoppa renovräkningar. Renovering ska inte vara så lyxig att människor måste vräkas från sina hem. Vi vill stärka hyresgästernas ställning vid renovering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop renovation disputes. Renovation shall not be so luxurious that people must be evicted from their homes. We want to strengthen the position of tenants in renovation cases.”
- housing as a social right»Miljöpartiet vill återupprätta bostaden som en social rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants to re-establish housing as a social right.”
- dignified living conditions»där människor kan leva sina liv med värdighet, tillgänglighet och trivsel.« (party programme ↗)“where people can live their lives with dignity, accessibility and well-being.”
The plan's housing line is a market with mobility, low thresholds, and a variety of tenure forms, sustained by simple rules rather than extensive exception prohibitions.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's housing line is a market with mobility, low thresholds, and a variety of tenure forms, sustained by simple rules rather than extensive exception prohibitions. Rejecting parts of the block rental model means retaining more regulation, which aligns less well with the plan. The plan says nothing about security of tenure or block rental, and its requirement for security in housing pulls partly in another direction, hence uncertainty is large.
Original (Swedish)
Planens bostadslinje är en marknad med rörlighet, låga trösklar och mångfald av upplåtelseformer, buren av enkla regler snarare än utbyggda undantagsförbud. Att avslå delar av blockhyresmodellen innebär att behålla mer reglering, vilket ligger sämre i linje med planen. Planen säger dock inget om besittningsskydd eller blockhyra, och dess krav på trygghet i boendet drar delvis åt andra hållet, varför osäkerheten är stor.
- mobile housing marketdecisive»präglas av rörlighet, låga trösklar, långsiktighet och mångfald.« (party programme ↗)“characterised by mobility, low thresholds, long-term perspective, and variety.”
- reduced regulatory red tape»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear out the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
flags: citat_blockerat
The plan explicitly combines free rent-setting in new construction with strong occupancy protection, and wants to increase the security of sub-tenants.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly combines free rent-setting in new construction with strong occupancy protection, and wants to increase the security of sub-tenants. The counter-proposal wants to reject precisely those parts that expand the possibility of contractually waiving occupancy protection against sub-tenants. The plan's demand for predictable terms and protection against sudden rent increases speaks for the counter-proposal, although the plan's general line otherwise is freer rent-setting.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kombinerar uttryckligen fri hyressättning i nyproduktion med ett starkt besittningsskydd, och vill att andrahandshyresgästernas trygghet ökar. Motförslaget vill avslå just de delar som utvidgar möjligheten att avtala bort besittningsskyddet gentemot andrahandshyresgäster. Planens krav på förutsebara villkor och skydd mot plötsliga hyreshöjningar talar för motförslaget, även om planens allmänna linje i övrigt är friare hyressättning.
- strong occupancy protectiondecisive»För att få upp byggandet av fler hyresrätter och korta köerna vill vi kombinera ett starkt besittningsskydd med att hyran i nybyggda hyresrätter ska få avtalas fritt mellan hyresvärd och hyresgäst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To increase the building of more rental apartments and shorten waiting lists we want to combine strong occupancy protection with free rent-setting in newly built rental apartments between landlord and tenant.”
- more secure sub-tenants»Andrahandshyresgästernas trygghet ska öka genom ett svenskt system för hyresdepositioner.« (party programme ↗)“Sub-tenants' security shall increase through a Swedish system of rental deposits.”
- predictable rental terms»Förändringar av bruksvärdessystemet måste kombineras med regler som ger hyresgäster långsiktigt förutsebara villkor och ett skydd mot plötsliga höjningar av hyran för den befintliga bostaden.« (party programme ↗)“Changes to the utility value system must be combined with rules that give tenants long-term predictable terms and protection against sudden rent increases for the existing dwelling.”
- free rent-setting in new construction»Fri hyressättning ska tillåtas i nybyggnation.« (party programme ↗)“Free rent-setting shall be allowed in new construction.”
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 party programme is explicit: a statutory right to tenancy protection shall exist and there should be some form of rent regulation that protects residents against unreasonable rent increases.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme is explicit: a statutory right to tenancy protection shall exist and there should be some form of rent regulation that protects residents against unreasonable rent increases. The counter-proposal wants to reject precisely the parts that expand the possibility to contract away tenancy protection and that risk market rents for second-hand tenants. The plan thus supports the counter-proposal's demands in substance.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet är uttryckligt: ett lagstadgat besittningsskydd ska finnas och det bör finnas någon form av hyresreglering som skyddar de boende mot oskäliga hyreshöjningar. Motförslaget vill avslå just de delar som utvidgar möjligheten att avtala bort besittningsskyddet och som riskerar marknadshyror för andrahandshyresgäster. Planen stöder därmed motförslagets krav i sak.
- statutory tenancy protectiondecisive»Ett lagstadgat besittningsskydd ska finnas.« (party programme ↗)“A statutory right to tenancy protection shall exist.”
- 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.”
- tenant influence»Boende ska ha reella möjligheter att påverka sin boendemiljö och sina boendekostnader genom medansvar och inflytande.« (party programme ↗)“Residents shall have real opportunities to influence their housing environment and their housing costs through co-responsibility and influence.”
- careful adaptation to market»I det arbetet ingår att hyresreglering och hyresnivåer varsamt anpassas till en sund marknad som främjar ett tillräckligt bostadsutbud.« (party programme ↗)“In that work, rent regulation and rent levels shall be carefully adapted to a sound market that promotes sufficient housing supply.”
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 wishes to implement reforms that increase construction of both rental and cooperative apartments and make rent-setting freer by giving tenants' own valuation of housing greater weight.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wishes to implement reforms that increase construction of both rental and cooperative apartments and make rent-setting freer by giving tenants' own valuation of housing greater weight. A new block rent model with greater contractual freedom goes in that direction, while the counter-proposal wishes to reject precisely those parts that increase contractual freedom. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill genomföra reformer som ökar byggandet av både hyres- och bostadsrätter och göra hyressättningen friare genom att hyresgästernas egen värdering av boendet väger tyngre. En ny blockhyresmodell med större avtalsfrihet ligger i den riktningen, medan motförslaget vill avslå just de delar som ökar avtalsfriheten. Planen talar därför emot motförslagets krav.
- freer rent-settingdecisive»Möjliggöra mer rättvisa hyror genom att potentiella hyresgästers värdering av boendet ges större vikt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable more fair rents by giving potential tenants' valuation of housing greater weight”
- more housing through reforms»Vi vill genomföra reformer som ökar byggandet av såväl hyressom bostadsrätter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We wish to implement reforms that increase construction of both rental and cooperative apartments.”
- acute housing shortage»Det är bostadsbrist i 207 av landets 290 kommuner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a housing shortage in 207 of the country's 290 municipalities.”
- contractual freedom and property rights»rätt att använda sitt ägande efter eget huvud ska vara vägledande.« (party programme ↗)“the right to use one's property as one sees fit should be guiding.”
flags: citat_migrerat
The plan demands that measures be taken to slow the runaway housing costs and states that everyone shall have access to housing with good standard in a safe environment, and that the market alone cannot guarantee the right to housing.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands that measures be taken to slow the runaway housing costs and states that everyone shall have access to housing with good standard in a safe environment, and that the market alone cannot guarantee the right to housing. The counter-proposal's objections to removed tenancy protection and market rents for second-hand tenants align with those commitments. Block rent is not addressed in the plan, so the position is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att åtgärder vidtas för att bromsa de skenande boendekostnaderna och slår fast att alla ska ha tillgång till en bostad med god standard i en trygg miljö, samt att marknaden inte ensam kan garantera rätten till bostad. Motförslagets invändningar mot bortavtalat besittningsskydd och marknadshyror för andrahandshyresgäster ligger i linje med de åtagandena. Blockhyra behandlas inte i planen, varför ställningstagandet härleds.
- slow 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 slow the runaway housing costs so that more can afford a home.”
- safe housing for all»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 with good standard and be able to live in a safe, secure and pleasant environment.”
- market is not enough»Sverigedemokraternas bedömning är att marknaden inte ensam kan garantera alla« (party programme ↗)“Sweden Democrats' assessment is that the market alone cannot guarantee everyone”
- increased housing construction»Öka bostadsbyggandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase housing construction”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:CU31)
- Committee report full text (HD01CU31)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:3995 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:187 En mer flexibel hyresmarknad av Andreas Lennkvist Manriquez m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:4011 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:187 En mer flexibel hyresmarknad av Joakim Järrebring m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:4065 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:187 En mer flexibel hyresmarknad av Amanda Palmstierna m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2025/26:187 — En mer flexibel hyresmarknad
Source: The Swedish Parliament