Rent guarantees

The plan establishes that every person's right to have somewhere to live shall become reality and that the state needs to take main responsibility for housing provision. The election manifesto also makes a secure housing solution a right for those who need it. Extended and in some cases mandatory use of municipal housing guarantees for vulnerable families with children follows from that.

• housing as rightdecisive»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”
• right to secure housing solution»Vänsterpartiet anser att det därutöver måste vara en rättighet att få hjälp med en långsiktig trygg boendelösning för den som behöver det för att lämna våldsutsatthet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party means that it must furthermore be a right to receive help with a long-term secure housing solution for those who need it to leave experiences of violence.”
• state main responsibility»Staten behöver ta huvudansvaret för att stärka« (party programme ↗)“The state needs to take main responsibility for strengthening”
• inclusive welfare»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« (party programme ↗)“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare.”

The party programme makes housing supply a social responsibility and sees housing as a social right, and the election manifesto is ready to strengthen child families' finances and to build rental apartments that ordinary people can afford. Extended municipal rental guarantees for vulnerable child families is such a housing social tool. The plan does not mention rental guarantees, so the assessment is derived.

• social responsibility for housing provisiondecisive»Därför anser vi att det är ett samhälleligt ansvar att trygga« (party programme ↗)“Therefore we believe it is a social responsibility to secure”
• support for child families»Vi är beredda att stärka ekonomin för Sveriges barnfamiljer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are ready to strengthen the finances of Sweden's child families.”
• affordable rental apartments»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.”
• the Convention on the Rights of the Child as foundation»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.”

The counter-proposal wants municipal rental guarantees to be used more, especially for vulnerable families with children, and for municipalities in some cases to be required to provide them. The plan commits to reducing homelessness and to financing housing for those who lack secure housing, and specifically points out children in economically vulnerable families. Guarantees are a means in exactly that direction, even if the plan does not mention the instrument.

• housing for those without secure housingdecisive»minska hemlösheten, genom en nationell strategi som på riktigt minskar hemlösheten och en bostadsstiftelse som finansierar en bostad för dem som inte har ett tryggt boende.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“reduce homelessness, through a national strategy that really reduces homelessness and a housing foundation that finances housing for those who do not have secure housing.”
• protect vulnerable child families»För Miljöpartiet de gröna är det särskilt angeläget att värna barn i ekonomiskt utsatta familjer.« (party programme ↗)“For the Greens, it is particularly important to protect children in economically vulnerable families.”
• housing as a right»Alla har rätt till en bostad.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to housing.”
• housing support for families with children»höja bostadsbidraget för barnfamiljer och bostadstillägget för pensionärer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise housing allowances for families with children and housing supplements for pensioners.”

The plan's fundamental principle is that decisions that only concern a local level should not be moved upward and that municipalities should not be burdened with costs determined by the state. The counter-proposal's requirement that municipalities in certain cases should be obliged to provide rent guarantees goes against this. The plan's concern for vulnerable children pulls in the opposite direction, which is why the conclusion is uncertain.

• decentralised decision-makingdecisive»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralize more. People should have more say, and political decisions should be made close to those affected.”
• no unfunded municipal requirements»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla, utan att dessa kostnader drabbar kommunerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make preschool and leisure activities accessible to all, without these costs hitting municipalities”
• decisions at local level»Beslut som endast berör en mer lokal nivå, eller bara individen själv, bör inte flyttas upp till en högre nivå,« (party programme ↗)“Decisions that only concern a more local level, or only the individual themselves, should not be moved up to a higher level,”
• vulnerable children's rights»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“It is particularly important to protect every child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”

The election manifesto wants to introduce a new system with needs-based housing for groups with particularly large housing needs, such as abuse victims and families with very weak finances, and the party programme that preventive work against eviction particularly of families with children shall be strengthened. Municipal rent guarantees for vulnerable families with children are a tool of precisely that kind. The plan also means that no one should have to live in homelessness and that the state should take increased responsibility for financing housing, with focus on children.

• housing for groups with great needsdecisive»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 abuse victims and families with very weak finances.”
• prevent eviction of families with children»Det förebyggande arbetet mot vräkning, särskilt av barnfamiljer, behöver stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Preventive work against eviction, particularly of families with children, needs to be strengthened.”
• no one shall be homeless»I ett välfärdssamhälle som Sverige borde ingen behöva leva i hemlöshet.« (party programme ↗)“In a welfare society like Sweden no one should have to live in homelessness.”
• state responsibility for housing»Staten bör ta ett ökat ansvar för att finansiera bostäder« (party programme ↗)“The state should take increased responsibility for financing 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 makes it the municipality's task to provide social and economic support to the family when it falters, and demands that low-wage families with children are given the opportunity for good housing standards within the municipalities' responsibility for housing. Increased use of municipal rent guarantees for vulnerable families with children follows from this. The requirement to respect the financing principle sets a limit on how new obligations can be imposed on municipalities.

• municipal support to familiesdecisive»kommunens uppgift att socialt och ekonomiskt stödja familjen att kunna utföra sina uppgifter och skyldigheter.« (party programme ↗)“the municipality's task to provide social and economic support to the family to be able to perform its functions and duties.”
• housing for vulnerable families with children»Lågavlönade barnfamiljer, pensionärer och studerande måste ges möjligheter till en god bostadsstandard.« (party programme ↗)“Low-wage families with children, pensioners and students must be given opportunities for good housing standards.”
• municipal housing and social responsibility»Kommunerna ska ha det sociala ansvaret för att« (party programme ↗)“The municipalities shall have social responsibility for”
• 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 counter-proposal wants to make municipal rental guarantees mandatory in certain cases. The plan's housing policy response is that more housing is built through deregulation and simpler planning processes, and the party programme wants decisions to be taken at the lowest effective level and for municipalities to choose different paths, which argues against a state obligation. The plan's desire to increase state financing of housing support for homeless pensioners pulls partly in the opposite direction.

• decisions at the lowest effective leveldecisive»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system should be built on decisions being made at the lowest”
• more housing as a solution»Vi vill genomföra reformer som ökar byggandet av såväl hyressom bostadsrätter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to carry out reforms that increase the construction of both rental and owner-occupied housing.”
• targeted housing support»Införa en nollvision för hemlöshet bland pensionärer och öka den statliga finansieringen av boendestöd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a zero vision for homelessness among pensioners and increase state financing of housing support”

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The party programme states that the market alone cannot guarantee everyone a home and that the state and municipalities should provide even resource-poor groups with dignified housing; the election manifesto makes homelessness a prioritized social issue. Municipal rent guarantees for vulnerable families with children and other vulnerable groups align with this housing commitment. At the same time, municipal self-determination is central to the plan, which speaks against making guarantees mandatory and makes support uncertain.

• housing for the resource-poordecisive»förse även resurssvaga grupper med ett värdigt boende« (party programme ↗)“provide even resource-poor groups with dignified housing”
• combat homelessness»Att bekämpa hemlöshet är en prioriterad social fråga för Sverigedemokraterna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combating homelessness is a prioritized social issue for Sweden Democrats.”
• lower housing costs»Åtgärder behöver också vidtas för att bromsa de skenande boendekostnaderna så att fler har råd till ett hem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures also need to be taken to slow skyrocketing housing costs so that more people can afford a home.”
• municipal self-determination»Vi betraktar det kommunala självbestämmandet som en central del av demokratin« (party programme ↗)“We regard municipal self-determination as a central part of democracy”

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.