2024-05-222023/24:CU20 · p.3CUCivil law & housing
Right to rectification
Removing the requirement to allow a chance to remedy before eviction for serious crimes
What's at stake: A faster eviction process can increase safety for neighbors and staff who have been victims of crime, but it also risks minor children in the household being evicted without a remedy process to protect them first.
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 a landlord should be able to terminate a tenancy immediately for serious crimes without first demanding a remedy and notifying social services, or whether that requirement should remain when families with children are affected.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee supports removing the requirement to first demand that the tenant remedy the situation and to notify social services even for serious crimes that harm the neighborhood, since a swift termination is needed to increase residents' safety, and rejects a general exception for households with minor children.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (S, C)
The reservation argues that scrapping the requirement for a remedy notice and notification to social services goes too far when minors risk eviction, such as younger siblings affected by an older sibling's actions, and wants the government to bring forward legislation keeping that requirement in such cases.
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: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 5 by S, C.
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: LLiberalerna
Ja 153–125Ja 142–136
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 2/12/4/6 | match | confidence: high | derived |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/13 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/16/2 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| C | No | No 0/19/0/5 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| L | No | Yes 11/0/0/5 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| M | Yes | Yes 60/0/0/8 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| SD | Yes | Yes 62/0/0/10 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
Broke with the party line
| VCiczie Weidby (V, Jönköpings län) | Abstain — party line: No |
| VIda Gabrielsson (V, Stockholms kommun) | Abstain — party line: No |
| VLinda W Snecker (V, Östergötlands län) | Abstain — party line: No |
| VLorena Delgado Varas (V, Stockholms kommun) | Yes — party line: No |
| VLotta Johnsson Fornarve (V, Södermanlands län) | Abstain — party line: No |
| VVasiliki Tsouplaki (V, Västmanlands län) | Yes — party line: No |
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions 2023/24:2861 by Jennie Nilsson et al. (S) demand 2, 2023/24:2862 by Alireza Akhondi et al. (C) demands 4 and 5 and 2023/24:2864 by Katarina Luhr et al. (MP) demand 1 in this respect.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2023/24:2861 av Jennie Nilsson m.fl. (S) yrkande 2, 2023/24:2862 av Alireza Akhondi m.fl. (C) yrkandena 4 och 5 samt 2023/24:2864 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP) yrkande 1 i denna del.
Riksdag decision: To create safer residential areas throughout the country, the Government has proposed that property owners be given expanded opportunities to terminate leases of tenants who commit crimes. A lease agreement can be terminated if the tenant commits a crime that typically worsens the immediate surroundings for those living in the vicinity of the apartment. The responsibility that the tenant has for children and other persons who live or stay in the apartment shall also apply to ensuring that these persons do not commit crimes that create insecurity for other residents. A lease agreement can further be terminated in more cases if the apartment is used to commit a crime, namely in cases of serious or extensive criminal activity. Furthermore, the tenant's obligation to maintain safety within the property is clarified and strengthened. To prevent misuse of the rules on lodgers, the tenant's right to accommodate third parties in the apartment is restricted. The landlord shall also have better opportunities to control how an apartment is used. The proposals also provide improved conditions for a tenant who has been subjected to violence by a close relative to retain the apartment in the event of a termination. Furthermore, the possibilities for a co-tenant or co-resident spouse or partner who has been subjected to violence by a close relative to take over a lease agreement are strengthened. Parliament approved the proposals and the legislative amendments come into force on 1 July 2024.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to adopt the government's legal proposal with a modification to the date of entry into force. (S, C) — Reservation 5
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 party programme requires strong statutory tenant protection and that children's rights are strengthened, and the election manifesto wants to strengthen social services for preventive work and child protection.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires strong statutory tenant protection and that children's rights are strengthened, and the election manifesto wants to strengthen social services for preventive work and child protection. Maintaining the requirement for correction notice and notification to the social welfare board when minor children risk eviction is directly in that line. The plan also rejects repression as a response to crime and wants penalties to actually reduce crime.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver ett starkt lagstadgat hyresgästskydd och att barnets rättigheter stärks, och valplattformen vill förstärka socialtjänsten för förebyggande arbete och barnskydd. Att behålla kravet på rättelseuppmaning och underrättelse till socialnämnden när minderåriga barn riskerar vräkning ligger direkt i den linjen. Planen avvisar dessutom repression som svar på brott och vill att påföljder faktiskt ska minska brottsligheten.
- strong tenant protection in lawdecisive»lagstiftningen för att tillsammans stå starka och försvara sina intressen.« (party programme ↗)“legislation so that together we stand strong and defend our interests.”
- social services child protection»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection”
- stronger children's rights»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“Development towards stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”
- penalties that work»utformade för att faktiskt leda till lägre brottslighet och inte förvärra« (party programme ↗)“designed to actually lead to lower crime and not worsen”
The election manifesto makes social services' early interventions a core commitment and requires combating crimes together with the causes of crimes.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto makes social services' early interventions a core commitment and requires combating crimes together with the causes of crimes. To maintain correction notification and notification to the social welfare board when minors risk eviction is precisely such a contact point that should catch children in good time. The party programme further gives all children the right to a safe upbringing according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet gör socialtjänstens tidiga insatser till ett bärande åtagande och kräver att brotten bekämpas tillsammans med brottens orsaker. Att behålla rättelseuppmaning och underrättelse till socialnämnden när minderåriga barn riskerar vräkning är precis en sådan kontaktyta som ska fånga upp barnen i tid. Partiprogrammet ger dessutom alla barn rätt till en trygg uppväxt enligt barnkonventionen.
- strengthened social services catch childrendecisive»Att socialtjänsten stärks är centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That social services are strengthened is central to catching young people in good time.”
- the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child governs decisions»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention.« (party programme ↗)“All children shall have the right to a safe upbringing in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
- social measures around the child»Vi vill se fler och mer långtgående sociala insatser och föräldrar ska vara skyldiga att medverka när deras barn behöver socialtjänstens åtgärder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see more and more far-reaching social measures and parents shall be obliged to cooperate when their children need social services intervention.”
- both crime and causes»Bekämpa både brotten och brottens orsaker.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat both crimes and the causes of crimes.”
The plan makes the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Swedish law and requires child impact analysis of political decisions, and establishes that everyone has the right to a home.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan makes the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Swedish law and requires child impact analysis of political decisions, and establishes that everyone has the right to a home. The party programme also rejects laws with disproportionate intervention. That maintaining the requirement for correction notice and notification to the social services when minor children risk eviction follows from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen gör barnkonventionen till svensk lag och kräver barnkonsekvensanalys av politiska beslut, och slår fast att alla har rätt till en bostad. Partiprogrammet avvisar dessutom lagar med oproportionerliga ingrepp. Att behålla kravet på rättelseuppmaning och underrättelse till socialnämnden när minderåriga barn riskerar vräkning följer av dessa åtaganden.
- the Convention on the Rights of the Child as lawdecisive»barnkonvention ska bli svensk lag« (party programme ↗)“Convention on the Rights of the Child shall become Swedish law”
- the right to a home»Alla har rätt till en bostad.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to a home.”
- against disproportionate intervention»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that entail disproportionate intervention in”
- strengthened position for tenants»Vi vill stärka hyresgästernas ställning vid renovering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen tenants' position in renovation.”
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.
To abolish the correction notice means that minor siblings can be evicted for someone else's crime, which is addressed by the election manifesto's explicit no to collective punishment.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
To abolish the correction notice means that minor siblings can be evicted for someone else's crime, which is addressed by the election manifesto's explicit no to collective punishment. The party programme gives children's rights and perspective utmost importance and requires that decisions can be appealed and rights defended. That the requirement for correction and notification to the social board should be retained when children are affected thus follows from the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Att avskaffa rättelseuppmaningen innebär att minderåriga syskon kan vräkas för någon annans brott, vilket träffas av valmanifestets uttryckliga nej till kollektiv bestraffning. Partiprogrammet ger barnens rättigheter och perspektiv största betydelse och kräver att beslut ska kunna överklagas och rättigheter försvaras. Att behålla kravet på rättelse och underrättelse till socialnämnden när barn berörs följer därmed av planen.
- no to collective punishmentdecisive»Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore say no to search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions of freedom of religion.”
- children's rights»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Society's actors shall adopt the individual's perspective. Of utmost importance are then the child's rights and perspective.”
- right to appeal decisions»Politiska beslut och juridiska domslut måste kunna överklagas« (party programme ↗)“Political decisions and legal rulings must be able to be appealed”
- housing as a basic need»Människor har en rad grundläggande behov: mat, kläder, boende och vård.« (party programme ↗)“People have a number of basic needs: food, clothing, housing and care.”
The plan explicitly states that landlords shall always have a responsibility to warn the social services when there is a risk of eviction, and that preventive work against evictions, particularly of families with children, needs to be strengthened.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly states that landlords shall always have a responsibility to warn the social services when there is a risk of eviction, and that preventive work against evictions, particularly of families with children, needs to be strengthened. The counter-proposal's demand to maintain correction notice and notification to the social welfare board when minor children risk being evicted is the same commitment in substance. The substantive requirement is therefore supported.
Original (Swedish)
Planen säger uttryckligen att hyresvärdar alltid ska ha ansvar att förvarna socialtjänsten när det uppstår risk för vräkning, och att det förebyggande arbetet mot vräkning särskilt av barnfamiljer behöver stärkas. Motförslagets krav på att behålla rättelseuppmaning och underrättelse till socialnämnden när minderåriga barn riskerar att vräkas är samma åtagande i sak. Sakkravet stöds därför.
- social services shall be warned before evictiondecisive»alltid ha som ansvar att förvarna socialtjänsten när det uppstår risk för vräkning.« (party programme ↗)“always have a responsibility to warn the social services when there is a risk of eviction.”
- counter evictions of families with children»Det förebyggande arbetet mot vräkning, särskilt av barnfamiljer, behöver stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Preventive work against evictions, particularly of families with children, needs to be strengthened.”
- the best interests of children»Alla barn förtjänar en bra start i livet.« (party programme ↗)“All children deserve a good start in life.”
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 party programme establishes that children have the right to a safe growing environment, that the child's best interest should come first and that the municipality should support the family socially and economically when it fails.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme establishes that children have the right to a safe growing environment, that the child's best interest should come first and that the municipality should support the family socially and economically when it fails. Retaining correction warning and notification to the social services board when minors risk eviction is precisely such an arrangement. The plan's statutory possession protection points in the same direction.
Original (Swedish)
Principprogrammet slår fast att barn har rätt till en trygg uppväxtmiljö, att barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet och att kommunen ska stödja familjen socialt och ekonomiskt när den sviktar. Att behålla rättelseuppmaning och underrättelse till socialnämnden när minderåriga riskerar vräkning är just en sådan ordning. Planens lagstadgade besittningsskydd pekar åt samma håll.
- children's safe growing environmentdecisive»Barn har rätt till en trygg uppväxtmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“Children have the right to a safe growing environment.”
- municipal support to family»kommunens uppgift att socialt och ekonomiskt stödja familjen att kunna utföra sina uppgifter och skyldigheter« (party programme ↗)“the municipality's task to socially and economically support the family to be able to perform its tasks and responsibilities”
- the child's best interest»barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“the child's best interest shall come first.”
- statutory possession protection»Ett lagstadgat besittningsskydd ska finnas.« (party programme ↗)“A statutory possession protection shall 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 election manifesto explicitly wants to make it easier to evict gang criminals and puts the safety of those living in residential areas first.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly wants to make it easier to evict gang criminals and puts the safety of those living in residential areas first. A maintained requirement for correction notice when minors are in the household would delay precisely the measure the plan wants to speed up. The plan's answer for children in criminal environments is care and stricter parental responsibility.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill uttryckligen göra det enklare att vräka gängkriminella och sätter de boendes trygghet i bostadsområdet främst. Ett bibehållet krav på rättelseuppmaning när minderåriga finns i hushållet skulle fördröja just den åtgärd planen vill snabba på. Planens svar för barn i kriminella miljöer är omhändertagande och ett skärpt föräldraansvar.
- easier to evict gang criminalsdecisive»Införa ett bidragsstopp för gängkriminella och göra det enklare att vräka dem« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a benefit stop for gang criminals and make it easier to evict them”
- safety in residential areas»Mammor vittnar om hur de inte vågar släppa ut sina barn för att leka på innergården.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Mothers testify that they do not dare let their children play in the yard.”
- care for vulnerable children»Verka för att fler barn som växer upp i kriminella klaner ska omhändertas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work to ensure that more children growing up in criminal clans are taken into care”
- strengthened parental responsibility»Betona och förstärka föräldraansvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Emphasize and strengthen parental responsibility”
The plan establishes that few measures are too far-reaching to push back gangs and that social services and the enforcement agency, among others, should be able to make examples and make the criminal lifestyle unattractive.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that few measures are too far-reaching to push back gangs and that social services and the enforcement agency, among others, should be able to make examples and make the criminal lifestyle unattractive. Retaining a requirement for prior written warning before eviction delays precisely the intervention the plan calls for for residents' security. The plan's commitment to the child's best interest weighs against it, but does not bear the demand for a general exception for households with children.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att få åtgärder är för långtgående för att pressa tillbaka gängen och att bland annat socialtjänst och kronofogde ska kunna statuera exempel och göra den kriminella livsstilen oattraktiv. Att behålla ett krav på rättelseuppmaning innan uppsägning fördröjer just det ingripande som planen efterlyser för de boendes trygghet. Planens åtagande om barnets bästa väger emot, men bär inte kravet på ett generellt undantag för hushåll med barn.
- no compromise against gangsdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pushing back both criminal gangs and the culture that allows them to gain a foothold.”
- tools against criminal lifestyle»Polis, socialtjänst och kronofogde ska ges verktyg att statuera exempel och göra den kriminella livsstilen oattraktiv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police, social services and the enforcement agency should be given tools to make examples and make the criminal lifestyle unattractive”
- security in residential areas»Öka tryggheten i hela Sverige och i alla bostadsområden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security throughout Sweden and in all residential areas”
- the child's best interest»Att barnets bästa alltid ska beaktas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That the child's best interest should always be considered”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2023/24:CU20)
- Committee report full text (HB01CU20)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:2861 — med anledning av prop. 2023/24:112 Åtgärder för tryggare bostadsområden av Jennie Nilsson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2862 — med anledning av prop. 2023/24:112 Åtgärder för tryggare bostadsområden av Alireza Akhondi m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2023/24:2863 — med anledning av prop. 2023/24:112 Åtgärder för tryggare bostadsområden av Malcolm Momodou Jallow m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2023/24:2864 — med anledning av prop. 2023/24:112 Åtgärder för tryggare bostadsområden av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2023/24:112 — Åtgärder för tryggare bostadsområden
Source: The Swedish Parliament