Unlawful trading in rental contracts

The plan puts tenants' position first and wants legislation that gives them strong support to stand firm against owner interests, while everyone also has the right to protection of their personal integrity. The counter-proposal instead shifts control power to landlords through folk-register checks, register matching and notification requirements for subtenants. The plan explains the problem as that housing has been left to the market and points to building and stronger tenant protection as the answer, not stricter control of tenants.

• strong tenant protectiondecisive»lagstiftningen för att tillsammans stå starka och försvara sina intressen.« (party programme ↗)“legislation to together stand firm and defend their interests.”
• protection for personal integrity»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• housing shortage as root cause»efter att också bostäderna lämnats åt marknaden ökar bostadsbristen, boendekostnader och segregation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“after housing too has been left to the market housing shortage, housing costs and segregation increase”
• right to housing»Vi vill bygga ett samhälle där varje människas rätt att ha någonstans att bo« (party programme ↗)“We want to build a society where every person's right to have somewhere to live”

The election manifesto wants to remove secrecy barriers between authorities so they can do their job, and to strike hard against organised crime's financing, including welfare crime and tax fraud. Trading in rental contracts and black-market letting is precisely such crime, which bears the counter-proposal's requirement for strengthened supervision, information sharing and control possibilities. The party programme moreover requires that society respond clearly to crime and regulatory violations.

• remove secrecy barriers between authoritiesdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be removed so that police and other professions can do their job.”
• stop welfare crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering must be stopped.”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime must be uncompromising.”
• clear response to violations»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must respond clearly to crime and regulatory violations.”

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 wants to strangle the criminal economy through strengthened inter-agency cooperation that targets criminal enterprises from several angles, and it protects tenancy rights and a regulated rental market. Tightened supervision and cooperation against unlawful subletting and trading in rental contracts aligns with both commitments. The plan's privacy principle at the same time speaks for caution regarding linking of registers, which makes the support conditional.

• inter-agency cooperation against criminal economydecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation”
• protected tenancy rights»det särskilt viktigt att värna hyresrätten och en« (party programme ↗)“it is particularly important to protect tenancy rights and”
• proportionate privacy intrusions»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that involve disproportionate interference with”

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 society does not yield to gangs and particularly wants to investigate how gang revenues can be cut off; illegal trade in rental contracts is such a revenue source. Strengthened oversight and cooperation between authorities therefore aligns with the plan, which also protects property owners' property rights. The requirement for database cross-matching must, however, according to the plan be tested against its impact on personal privacy.

• cut off gang revenuesdecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Moreover, an investigation into gang revenues and how they can be cut off should be carried out.”
• crackdown on gangs»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society should not yield to gangs.”
• property owner's property rights»Äganderätten är central för ett samhälle där människor kan förverkliga sig själva och sina drömmar.« (party programme ↗)“Property rights are central to a society where people can realize themselves and their dreams.”
• privacy testing of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal privacy.”

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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 crucial commitment here is that authorities must be able to effectively share information with each other and that police and social services must as a rule always be able to exchange data, since this is the precondition for preventing and prosecuting crime. Intensified supervision, cooperation and data matching against illegal subletting and contract trafficking are applications of that commitment, and the plan sees increased security as crucial for lifting marginalized residential areas. The plan's requirement for strengthened data protection at the same time sets a limit to how far data matching can be taken.

• authorities must share informationdecisive»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services must as a rule always be able to exchange information with each other and must more often share premises.”
• effective information sharing»myndigheter effektivt kan dela information med varandra.« (party programme ↗)“authorities can effectively share information with each other.”
• security lifts residential areas»Ökad trygghet är en central fråga för att lyfta utsatta bostadsområden.« (party programme ↗)“Increased security is a central issue for lifting marginalized residential areas.”
• strengthened data protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Data protection must be strengthened.”

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 election manifesto promises a comprehensive review of confidentiality rules so that authorities can share information between themselves to prevent and solve crimes, which is the core of the counter-proposal's requirement for information sharing, data matching and enhanced supervision of the rental market. The party programme furthermore requires that all crimes be dealt with effectively and without exception. The plan's requirement for caution with personal data qualifies how data matching should be designed.

• authorities shall share informationdecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Comprehensive review of confidentiality rules, so that authorities can share information between themselves to prevent and solve crimes.”
• all crimes shall be dealt with»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be dealt with effectively and without exception”
• strengthened crime prevention work»Tryggheten på gator och torg måste återupprättas, brottsförebyggande arbetet måste stärkas, brottslingar dömas och brottsoffer få upprättelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security on streets and squares must be restored, crime prevention work must be strengthened, offenders convicted and crime victims get redress.”
• privacy considerations in data matching»grundlagsskydd och det offentliga måste tillämpa stor försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten vid hantering av personuppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“constitutional protection and the public must exercise great caution and respect for personal integrity in handling personal data.”

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 crucial commitment is to take control of the population register and establish who actually lives in the country to stop fraud, and to remove secrecy barriers between authorities. The counter-proposal's demands for stricter supervision, information sharing, register matching and control of the population register on the rental market are the same substance applied to housing. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• control over population registerdecisive»Moderaterna tänker ta kontroll över folkbokföringen för att stoppa bidragsbrotten och se till att de skattepengar du betalar in används till det de är avsedda för.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates intend to take control of the population register to stop benefit fraud and ensure that the tax money you pay in is used for what it is intended for.”
• national census»Genomföra en nationell folkräkning för att stoppa bidragsbrotten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a national census to stop benefit fraud”
• information sharing between authorities»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all secrecy barriers between social services and police”
• establish who lives in the country»Ett viktigt första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige och att stoppa fusket med tillfälliga personnummer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An important first step is to establish who lives in Sweden and to stop fraud with temporary personal numbers”

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 decisive commitment is to combat the shadow economy with more controls and that the justice system's cooperation between agencies and tools to detect criminals shall be improved. Black market rental contracts and incorrect population registration are precisely such shadow economy, and the plan wants to tighten penalties for welfare fraud. Stricter supervision, information sharing and control options for landlords therefore align with the plan.

• more controls against shadow economydecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more controls and more deportations”
• inter-agency cooperation»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between agencies and tools to detect and prosecute criminals shall be improved.”
• harsher response to fraud»Skärpa straffen för fusk inom välfärdssystemen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten penalties for welfare fraud”
• information gathering against criminals»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang activity through e.g. intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera monitoring and wiretapping.”