Housing provision

The programme requires that society take back the initiative and restore responsibility for housing provision, and the election manifesto talks about increased state responsibility to build away the housing shortage. A housing provision act that binds both state and municipality, with a recurring national action plan, is just such a restored state responsibility line. The plan furthermore presupposes state financing support and building without profit motive.

• societal responsibility for housing provisiondecisive»Samhället måste återta initiativet och återupprätta det demokratiska inflytandet över och ansvaret för bostadsförsörjningen.« (party programme ↗)“Society must take back the initiative and restore democratic influence over and responsibility for housing provision.”
• increased state responsibility for housing»Ett ökat statligt ansvar för att bygga bort bostadsbristen kommer också att göra det möjligt för många av de kvinnor som idag inte har något boendealternativ att lämna den bostad som hon delar med en förövare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased state responsibility to build away the housing shortage will also make it possible for many of the women who today have no housing alternative to leave the home she shares with an abuser.”
• state financing support»Det behövs statligt generellt finansieringsstöd och byggande, förnyelse och förvaltning utan vinstsyfte.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for state general financing support and building, renewal and management without profit motive.”
• state building company»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 housing construction, and active land policy.”

The party programme asserts that it is a social responsibility to assure housing supply, and the election manifesto that all municipalities, even the well-to-do ones, shall take their share of responsibility. A housing supply law covering both state and municipality as well as a national action plan are precisely such a division of responsibility. The plan, however, does not take a stand on legal form or on whether the inquiry's preparation should be awaited.

• state responsibility for housing supplydecisive»Därför anser vi att det är ett samhälleligt ansvar att trygga« (party programme ↗)“We therefore believe that it is a social responsibility to assure”
• shared municipal responsibility»Alla kommuner, även de välbeställda, ska ta sin del av ansvaret.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All municipalities, even the well-to-do ones, shall take their share of responsibility.”
• low construction is the problem»Lågt bostadsbyggandet driver upp bostadskostnaderna, minskar rörligheten i samhället,« (party programme ↗)“Low housing construction drives up housing costs, reduces mobility in society,”
• more rental housing»Vi ska fortsätta att bygga hyresrätter som vanligt folk har råd att bo i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall continue to build rental housing that ordinary people can afford to live in.”

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 explicitly establishes that a functioning housing policy must comprise measures at both national and local levels and that everyone has the right to housing. The election manifesto additionally wants a national strategy against homelessness. A housing supply law that binds both state and municipality plus a national action plan is precisely what the counter-proposal requires and the plan assumes.

• state and municipal responsibilitydecisive»En fungerande bostadspolitik måste omfatta åtgärder på såväl nationell som lokal nivå.« (party programme ↗)“A functioning housing policy must comprise measures at both national and local levels.”
• housing as a right»Alla har rätt till en bostad.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to housing.”
• national strategy against homelessness»minska hemlösheten, genom en nationell strategi som på riktigt minskar hemlösheten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“reduce homelessness, through a national strategy that genuinely reduces homelessness”
• housing according to need»Vi behöver se till att det byggs bostäder som efterfrågas av unga, studenter, äldre, stora familjer och låginkomsttagare.« (party programme ↗)“We need to ensure that housing is built that is needed by young people, students, elderly people, large families and low-income earners.”

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 consistent principle is that decisions shall be made as close to people as possible and that power shall be decentralised, while housing construction shall be driven by simple rules rather than by government planning. A joint housing supply act for state and municipality with a recurring national action plan points the opposite direction. The plan however does not address housing supply legislation at all, so the assessment is uncertain.

• decisions close to peopledecisive»beslut i första hand ska fattas av människor själva, eller så nära den enskilda människan som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“decisions first and foremost shall be made by people themselves, or as close to the individual person as possible”
• decentralisation of power»Decentralisering handlar om att flytta makten närmare människors vardag.« (party programme ↗)“Decentralisation is about moving power closer to people's everyday lives.”
• homes through simple rules»En förutsättning för utveckling är att det finns tillräckligt med bostäder i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“A prerequisite for development is that there are enough homes throughout the country.”

The plan's answer to the housing shortage is more market, simplified rules and abolished subsidies, not a new law that places a comprehensive state planning responsibility for housing supply. A national action plan with state supply responsibility thus lies outside the plan's line. The plan instead places the individual's power over their own housing at the center.

• more market in housing policydecisive»Vi vill skapa en bostadsmarknad med fler bostäder och mer marknad« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to create a housing market with more homes and more market”
• no to building subsidies»Dagens dyra byggsubventioner ska avskaffas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Today's expensive building subsidies shall be abolished”
• simplified building regulations»Byggnormerna bör förenklas, överklagandeprocessen förkortas« (party programme ↗)“Building standards should be simplified, the appeals process shortened”
• power over own housing»Att ha makt över det egna boendet är viktigt för den enskildes frihetskänsla.« (party programme ↗)“Having power over one's own housing is important for the individual's sense of freedom.”

The plan places the responsibility for housing provision on both state and municipality: municipalities have the social responsibility for their inhabitants, but the state and municipality shall together guarantee housing for everyone. A law covering both levels and a national action plan clarify precisely this shared responsibility. The plan simultaneously requires that the financing principle is respected when the state imposes new tasks on municipalities.

• state and municipal housing responsibilitydecisive»Stat och kommun måste därför trygga« (party programme ↗)“State and municipality must therefore guarantee”
• municipal housing responsibility»Kommunerna ska ha det sociala ansvaret för att« (party programme ↗)“Municipalities shall have the social responsibility for”
• housing for everyone»bostadsförsörjningen åt alla, i olika åldrar och med olika sociala och ekonomiska förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“housing provision for everyone, at different ages and with different social and economic circumstances.”
• the financing principle»Finansieringsprincipen måste respekteras när staten ålägger kommunerna nya uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“The financing principle must be respected when the state imposes new tasks on municipalities.”

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 answer to the housing shortage is simplifications and reforms that increase building, not a new state regulation with recurring national action plans. The programme holds fast that decisions shall be made at the lowest effective level and that a state with ambitions in all areas becomes weak where it is needed. A joint housing supply law for state and municipality therefore goes against the plan's line.

• decisions at the lowest effective leveldecisive»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system shall be built on decisions being made at the lowest”
• simpler planning system»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace detailed plans with simpler building plans”
• limited state commitments»En stat som sträcker ut långtgående ambitioner över alla« (party programme ↗)“A state that stretches out far-reaching ambitions over all”
• increased building through reforms»Vi vill genomföra reformer som ökar byggandet av såväl hyressom bostadsrätter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to implement reforms that increase building of both rental and owner-occupied homes.”

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The plan does not address the housing supply act. Its closest commitments are that decisions should be brought as close as possible to citizens and that rules and processes for planning and construction should be simplified, not that a new state regulatory framework and a national action plan are imposed on municipalities. The counter-proposal's demand for new legislation now therefore speaks against the plan's line, whose tools against the housing shortage are more construction and fewer rules.

• decisions close to citizensdecisive»För att öka den demokratiska legitimiteten bör beslut så långt det går föras närmre medborgarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To increase democratic legitimacy, decisions should be brought as close as possible to citizens.”
• simplify the planning process»Anpassa och förenkla regler och processer för planering och byggnation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt and simplify rules and processes for planning and construction”
• fewer building requirements»Sverigedemokraterna vill underlätta bostadsbyggande genom att förenkla och snabba på beslutsprocesser och se över de omfattande regelverk och krav som styr bostadsbyggande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Sweden Democrats want to facilitate residential construction by simplifying and speeding up decision processes and reviewing the extensive regulations and requirements that govern residential construction.”
• more construction»Öka bostadsbyggandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase residential construction”