Future design of legislation

The plan requires that tenants have strong support in legislation and that everyone's right to have somewhere to live becomes reality, against the ownership interests that benefit from housing shortage. Regulation of what demands a landlord can place on a new tenant is exactly such legal support, because arbitrary income requirements in practice exclude those with weak finances. Municipal rental guarantees alone do not answer that commitment.

• legal support for tenantsdecisive»Hyresgäster behöver ett starkt stöd i lagstiftningen för att tillsammans stå starka och försvara sina intressen.« (party programme ↗)“Tenants need strong support in legislation to stand together strong and defend their interests.”
• the right to a home»Vi vill bygga ett samhälle där varje människas rätt att ha någonstans att bo är verklighet.« (party programme ↗)“We want to build a society where everyone's right to have somewhere to live becomes reality.”
• secure home»Så bygger vi samhället och stärker människors rätt till en trygg bostad« (2022 manifesto ↗)“So we build society and strengthen people's right to a secure home”
• rental apartments with reasonable rents»Vi vill prioritera att bygga hyresrätter med rimliga hyror.« (party programme ↗)“We want to prioritize building rental apartments with reasonable rents.”

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 sees housing as a social right and requires an active and social housing policy with a directing national housing policy. Establishing by law what requirements a landlord can impose on a new tenant is such a directing measure and protects those with weak income from being excluded from the rental market. The plan does not explicitly address rent requirements, which is why the position is derived.

• housing as a social rightdecisive»Bostaden är en social rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“Housing is a social right.”
• active social housing policy»Aktiv och social bostadspolitik.« (party programme ↗)“Active and social housing policy.”
• directing national housing policy»Styrande nationell bostadspolitik och stärkt kommunalt bostadsförsörjningsansvar.« (party programme ↗)“Directing national housing policy and strengthened municipal housing supply responsibility.”
• rental housing for ordinary people»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 wants to reestablish housing as a social right and strengthen protection for those who have difficulty obtaining and keeping housing. Strict requirements from landlords are precisely what excludes low-income earners from the housing market, and the election manifesto wants to reduce homelessness through a national strategy. The plan therefore supports the demand for a legislative proposal on what requirements a landlord may impose on a new tenant.

• housing as a social rightdecisive»Miljöpartiet vill återupprätta bostaden som en social rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants to reestablish housing as a social right.”
• protection against eviction»stärka skyddet mot vräkning - särskilt för barnfamiljer« (party programme ↗)“strengthen protection against eviction - especially for families with children”
• national strategy against homelessness»minska hemlösheten, genom en nationell strategi som på riktigt minskar hemlösheten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“reduce homelessness through a national strategy that really reduces homelessness”

The plan wants to strengthen property rights and clear away rules rather than lay new requirements on what a property owner may agree to, which speaks against new legislation governing landlords' demands. The plan's path to a more open housing market goes through simpler rules and incentives to invest, not through regulation of contract terms. The plan does not address the issue directly and the stated ambition for a more open housing market pulls partly in the other direction, so the uncertainty is large.

• strengthened property rightsdecisive»Våra grundläggande rättigheter får inte tas för givna. Vi vill stärka bland annat äganderätten, diskrimineringsförbudet, minoritetsskyddet och minoritetsspråkens ställning, och grundlagsskydda rätten till abort och reproduktiv hälsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our fundamental rights shall not be taken for granted. We want to strengthen, among other things, property rights, the prohibition against discrimination, minority protection and the status of minority languages, and constitutionally protect the right to abortion and reproductive health.”
• property rights are central»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.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear away the regulatory maze for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• more open housing market»Även bostadsmarknaden måste bli öppnare.« (party programme ↗)“The housing market must also become more open.”

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 housing line aims for fewer and simpler rules, strong property rights and rent-setting that better reflects demand, not new regulations about what a landlord may require of their counterpart. For groups with weak positions on the housing market, the plan instead directs targeted solutions such as need-based housing. The counter-proposal's requirement for legislation about landlords' requirements therefore stands apart from the plan's path.

• need-based housing for vulnerable groupsdecisive»Dagens dyra byggsubventioner ska avskaffas och ett nytt system med behovsbostäder ska införas för grupper med särskilt stora bostadsbehov, såsom våldsutsatta och familjer med mycket svag ekonomi.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Today's expensive building subsidies shall be abolished and a new system with need-based housing shall be introduced for groups with particularly large housing needs, such as victims of violence and families with very weak economies.”
• simpler rules on the housing market»För att öka byggandet i Sverige bör konkurrensen öka och reglerna kring byggande på såväl statlig som kommunal nivå förenklas.« (party programme ↗)“To increase building in Sweden, competition should increase and rules governing building at both state and municipal level should be simplified.”
• strong property rights»Äganderätten, rätten att köpa, sälja och ge bort egendom, rätten att starta företag och rätten att söka sig till ett visst yrke är nödvändiga för att den enskilda människan ska kunna forma sin tillvaro.« (party programme ↗)“Property rights—the right to buy, sell and give away property, the right to start a business and the right to seek a particular profession—are necessary for individuals to shape their own lives.”
• market-driven rent-setting»Hyressättningen behöver i större utsträckning avspegla bostadens läge och konsumentens efterfrågan och individuella val, till exempel till- och frånval.« (party programme ↗)“Rent-setting needs to increasingly reflect the location of the accommodation and the consumer's demand and individual choices, for example subscriptions and unsubscriptions.”

The plan places the social responsibility for housing provision on the municipalities and simultaneously warns that red tape and unnecessary regulations stand in the way, while the property owner's interests should be satisfied. The counter-proposal instead wants to legally regulate what demands a landlord can make on a new tenant. The plan gives no support for such new regulation beyond the municipal guarantees.

• municipal housing provision responsibilitydecisive»Kommunerna ska ha det sociala ansvaret för att trygga bostadsförsörjningen för sina invånare.« (party programme ↗)“Municipalities shall have the social responsibility to secure housing provision for their inhabitants.”
• avoid unnecessary rules»Krångel och onödiga regler får inte stå i vägen för en kommun att leva upp till sitt ansvar eller för enskildas möjligheter att utveckla sitt boende.« (party programme ↗)“Red tape and unnecessary rules must not stand in the way for a municipality to live up to its responsibility or for individuals' opportunities to develop their housing.”
• property owner's interests»Samtidigt måste fastighetsägarens möjlighet att få betalt för gjorda investeringar tillgodoses.« (party programme ↗)“At the same time, the property owner's opportunity to be paid for investments made must be ensured.”
• housing for vulnerable groups»Lågavlönade barnfamiljer, pensionärer och studerande måste ges möjligheter till en god bostadsstandard.« (party programme ↗)“Low-income families with children, pensioners and students must be given opportunities for a good housing standard.”

The plan's fundamental view is that those who own should also be allowed to use their property as they see fit and that ownership rights shall have strong protection. A legal regulation of what requirements a landlord can place on a new tenant is a new incursion into that right and increases the regulatory burden. The plan instead wants prospective tenants' own assessment of the property to carry more weight on a freer rental market, which argues against the counter-proposal's requirement.

• strong property rightsdecisive»rätt att använda sitt ägande efter eget huvud ska vara vägledande.« (party programme ↗)“right to use one's property as one sees fit shall be guiding.”
• freer rent-setting»Möjliggöra mer rättvisa hyror genom att potentiella hyresgästers värdering av boendet ges större vikt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable more just rents by giving potential tenants' assessment of the property greater weight”
• property rights as foundation of freedom»Där äganderätten undergrävs, där undergrävs alltid friheten.« (party programme ↗)“Where property rights are undermined, freedom is always undermined.”
• reduced red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of red tape”

The plan does not address what demands a landlord may place on a tenant. Its housing policy response to barriers to the rental market is increased construction, simplified rules and processes and strengthened ownership rights, not new regulation of contractual terms between landlord and tenant. The position is therefore inferred from these principles, with the plan's commitment to society's responsibility for disadvantaged groups' housing as a counterweight.

• simplified rulesdecisive»Anpassa och förenkla regler och processer för planering och byggnation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt and simplify rules and processes for planning and construction”
• strengthened ownership rights»Stärka äganderätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen ownership rights”
• increased residential construction»Öka bostadsbyggandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase residential construction”
• responsibility for disadvantaged groups»ansvar för att förse även resurssvaga grupper med ett värdigt boende« (party programme ↗)“responsibility to provide disadvantaged groups with dignified housing”