Supplementary budget for 2025 – Temporarily increased subsidy rate for the rotavdrag

The plan wants to direct economic and housing policy towards investment support for increased construction of rental apartments with reasonable rents and towards energy-efficient renovation, with the state as principal responsible. The counter-proposal's prioritization of investment support for cheap rental housing and energy efficiency over a raised renovation allowance is therefore the plan's own line. The plan also wants to reprioritize tax subsidies of cleaning and renovation type to more urgent purposes.

• investment support for housing constructiondecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill se ett statligt byggbolag, investeringsstöd för ökat bostadsbyggande och en aktiv markpolitik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see a state construction company, investment support for increased housing construction and active land policy.”
• state support for energy efficiency»investeringarna i byggande, upprustning och energieffektivisering av« (party programme ↗)“investments in construction, renovation and energy efficiency of”
• cheap rental apartments and climate renovation»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 ↗)“The Left Party's next step is about a policy for massive housing construction, climate-smart renovations and reduced rents that go hand in hand with the green transition.”
• reprioritize tax subsidies»Istället för rut-bidrag till städning hos fullt friska personer så kan vi använda skattekronorna till att förbättra hemtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instead of tax deductions for cleaning by fully healthy people we can use tax money to improve home help services.”

Worldstate weighed in: Economic downturn with negative GDP indicator and weak construction activity — Justifies economic stimulus, but the plan directs it to rental housing and energy efficiency instead of a raised renovation allowance; Unemployment around 8 per cent — Strengthens the case for state construction investments that create jobs

The election manifesto promises to continue building rental apartments that ordinary people can afford to live in and to facilitate energy efficiency improvements in apartment buildings, and the party programme sees housing as a social right and economic policy as an active cyclical policy instrument. The counter-proposal wants to direct cyclical support specifically to investment support for affordable rental housing and energy efficiency rather than an increased renovation deduction. This is closer to the plan's priorities, although the plan also wants to broaden knowledge about the renovation deduction.

• build affordable rental housingdecisive»Vi ska fortsätta att bygga hyresrätter som vanligt folk har råd att bo i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall continue to build rental apartments that ordinary people can afford to live in.”
• energy efficiency in apartment buildings»Vi vill underlätta för fastighetsägare att vidta åtgärder för att spara energi i flerfamiljshus.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make it easier for property owners to take measures to save energy in apartment buildings.”
• housing is a social right»socialdemokrater ser bostaden som en social rättighet och bostadspolitiken som en del av« (party programme ↗)“Social Democrats see housing as a social right and housing policy as part of”
• active cyclical policy»Den ska vara ett aktivt konjunkturpolitiskt instrument, som bromsar« (party programme ↗)“It shall be an active cyclical policy instrument that slows”

Worldstate weighed in: GDP indicator at -1.5 per cent annual rate — confirms the downturn and makes the plan's requirement for active cyclical policy relevant; Unemployment at 8.0 per cent — strengthens the reason to direct stimulus to building that creates jobs and housing

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 explicitly prioritises developed and expanded investment support for cheap climate-smart rental housing and strong support for energy efficiency, which is precisely the prioritisation the counter-proposal makes. The plan's renovation support is furthermore targeted at rental housing and sustainable renovation, not a generally raised renovation allowance. The plan therefore supports that the subsidy rate is not raised and that funds are used for housing and energy efficiency.

• expanded investment supportdecisive»bygga fler klimatsmarta hyresrätter med rimliga hyror, utveckla och utöka investeringsstödet som gjorde det billigare att bygga och se till att fler kan äga sin bostad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“build more climate-smart rental housing with reasonable rents, develop and expand the investment support that made it cheaper to build and ensure that more people can own their home.”
• support for energy efficiency»införa ett kraftfullt stöd för energieffektivisering till både hushåll och industrier.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“introduce strong support for energy efficiency to both households and industries.”
• targeted renovation support for rental housing»införa ett rot-stöd för hyresrätter och stimulera hållbar renovering genom statligt långsiktigt stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“introduce a renovation support for rental housing and stimulate sustainable renovation through long-term state support.”
• dampen economic cycles»penningpolitik dämpa effekter av konjunkturvariationer och verka för stabila priser och låg« (party programme ↗)“monetary policy dampen effects of economic fluctuations and work towards stable prices and low”

Worldstate weighed in: Low-growth economy with negative GDP indicator (-1.5 per cent) — strengthens reasons for economic stimulus but does not change the plan's prioritisation of investment support; High unemployment (8.0 per cent) and weak construction market — makes construction stimulus justified, which the plan's housing and renovation support responds to

The counter-proposal wants to refrain from the temporary root reduction and instead prioritise investment support. The plan's line is that the total tax burden should come down and that household margins should be strengthened in a situation of high costs, not to steer building with targeted subsidies in a market economy free from planned economy directives. The party's own tool for energy efficiency is a green deduction for households, not investment support.

• lower tax burdendecisive»Det totala skattetrycket måste ner nästa mandatperiod. Vi kommer inte att medverka till några skattehöjningar som skadar jobben, det egna sparandet eller gör det dyrare att bo.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The total tax burden must come down next term. We will not participate in any tax increases that damage jobs, private saving or make housing more expensive.”
• green deduction for households»Och med ett grönt avdrag för energieffektiviseringar i hemmet kan vi sänka hushållens elkostnader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“And with a green deduction for energy efficiency measures in the home we can lower household electricity costs.”
• measures for squeezed households»För att möta detta krävs insatser som mildrar inflationens värsta effekter för dem med små marginaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To meet this requires measures that ease the worst effects of inflation for those with small margins.”

Worldstate weighed in: Unemployment 9.0 per cent and business confidence index below normal — strengthens the case for a temporary measure that maintains employment in the construction sector; Inflation down to 0.5 per cent — reduces the risk that a time-limited tax relief drives up prices, which weakens the case for refraining

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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 party programme explicitly wants to facilitate the emergence of labour-intensive service jobs through expanded deduction rights, which is exactly what raising the subsidy rate for tax deductions on home improvement does. The election manifesto simultaneously states that today's expensive building subsidies shall be abolished, which directly contradicts the counter-proposal's demand to instead prioritise investment support for rental homes. The plan prefers generally lower taxes before targeted benefits.

• abolished building subsidiesdecisive»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 needs-based housing shall be introduced for groups with particularly large housing needs, such as victims of violence and families with very weak economies.”
• expanded deduction rights for services»Framväxten av jobb som inte kräver formella kunskaper eller erfarenheter ska underlättas, till exempel genom utökad avdragsrätt och sänkt skatt för arbetsintensiva verksamheter eller genom utökad samverkan med civilsamhället.« (party programme ↗)“The emergence of jobs that do not require formal education or experience shall be facilitated, for example through expanded deduction rights and lower tax for labour-intensive activities or through expanded cooperation with civil society.”
• policy instruments before benefits»Därför är vi för riktiga klimatskatter i stället för att göra klimatpolitiken till en tävling i högst bidrag och flest symbolskatter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we are for proper climate taxes instead of making climate policy a competition in the highest benefits and most symbolic taxes.”
• lower taxes in crisis»Vi vill både sänka elmomsen och den särskilda extraskatten på el för att mildra elprischocken här och nu.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to both lower VAT on electricity and the special extra tax on electricity to mitigate the electricity-price shock here and now.”

The counter-proposal wants to refrain from the temporary root reinforcement and instead prioritise investment support for rental housing, but the plan explicitly rejects direct business subsidies and wants taxation designed so that work is favoured. The plan also establishes that the creation of new jobs is by far the most important distributive policy question, which speaks for a broad-based tax deduction rather than targeted support. That energy efficiency is described as profitable qualifies but does not turn the assessment.

• no to targeted subsidiesdecisive»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct business subsidies are rejected.”
• taxation that favours work»Beskattningen ska utformas så att arbete gynnas« (party programme ↗)“Taxation shall be designed so that work is favoured”
• new jobs foremost»Därför är tillkomsten av nya jobb den i särklass viktigaste fördelningspolitiska frågan.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore the creation of new jobs is by far the most important distributive policy question.”
• value of energy efficiency»Energieffektivisering är ett lönsamt och effektivt« (party programme ↗)“Energy efficiency is a profitable and effective”

Worldstate weighed in: GDP indicator at -1.5 per cent and dampened housing investments — strengthens the case for a broad, temporary economic stimulus measure that supports employment in the construction sector

The plan chooses tax reductions over benefits - it wants to strengthen and expand the green tax deduction and ease building through simpler rules and fairer rents, not through investment support for cheap rental housing. The counter-proposal reverses that prioritisation and also stops an increased renovation deduction that is in line with the plan's line about relief to households. It has no support in the plan.

• tax relief instead of benefitsdecisive»Göra det billigare för privatpersoner att minska sin elkonsumtion genom att förstärka och utvidga det gröna skatteavdraget« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it cheaper for private individuals to reduce their electricity consumption by strengthening and expanding the green tax deduction”
• market rents instead of subsidies»Möjliggöra mer rättvisa hyror genom att potentiella hyresgästers värdering av boendet ges större vikt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable fairer rents by giving potential tenants' valuation of the housing greater weight”
• reforms for increased building»Vi vill genomföra reformer som ökar byggandet av såväl hyressom bostadsrätter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to implement reforms that increase construction of both rental and owner-occupied homes.”
• simplified building»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace complex detailed plans with simpler building plans”

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The plan wants to facilitate housing construction through simplified processes and relief for businesses, not through targeted investment support, and is explicitly skeptical of subsidies without evidence-based results. It also wants to reduce costs for climate measures that can be done more effectively. The counter-proposal's demands – no to increased renovation tax relief and instead support for rental housing and energy efficiency – thus go against the plan, especially in a situation with falling GDP and a severely affected construction industry.

• construction through simplificationdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill underlätta bostadsbyggande genom att förenkla och snabba på beslutsprocesser och se över de omfattande regelverk och krav som styr bostadsbyggande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to facilitate housing construction by simplifying and speeding up decision processes and reviewing the extensive regulations and requirements that govern housing construction.”
• skepticism toward subsidies»Subventioner av anställningar, elcyklar och lyxbilar sker precis som mångmiljardsatsningar i integrationsprojekt helt utan evidensbaserade resultat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Subsidies for jobs, e-bikes, and luxury cars occur, just like multi-billion-kronor investments in integration projects, entirely without evidence-based results.”
• cheaper climate measures»Minska kostnaderna för migrationspolitik, bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder som kan göras mer effektiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce costs for migration policy, aid, EU grants, and climate measures that can be done more effectively”
• relief for small businesses»Sänka arbetsgivaravgiften och sjuklönekostnaderna för småföretag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower employer contributions and sick pay costs for small businesses”

Worldstate weighed in: GDP indicator at -1.5 percent on an annual basis — The recession makes temporary measures that sustain demand in the construction sector more justified than the plan's normal situation presumes.; Unemployment 8.0 percent — Strengthens the plan's commitment to make work profitable and protect employment in small businesses.