Improvements and Alterations

The plan demands climate-smart renovations that go hand in hand with reduced rents, and states that tenants need strong legal protection against property owner interests that benefit from the housing shortage. Tenants being charged ever-higher rents is pointed out as a problem. A slower phase-in, a halt to renovations aimed at displacing tenants, and stricter assessment criteria follow from this.

• renovations without rent shockdecisive»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.”
• strong tenant protection»Hyresgäster behöver ett starkt stöd i« (party programme ↗)“Tenants need strong protection in”
• stop rent increases»hyresgäster krävs på allt högre hyror medan den som köper bostadsrätt lägger allt större del av sin inkomst på bostaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“tenants are charged ever-higher rents while those who buy condominiums spend an ever-larger share of their income on housing”
• property interests benefit from housing shortage»Mot det står de ägarintressen som vinner på bostadsbristen« (party programme ↗)“Against this stand the property owner interests that benefit from the housing shortage”

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 defends the collective rent-setting model and binds the party to rental apartments that ordinary people can afford to live in, while at the same time seeing that a growing part of income goes to housing. A slower phase-in and a tightened assessment criterion that stops renovations whose purpose is to change out tenants protects precisely this. However, the plan also wants substandard housing to be addressed, which presupposes that renovations can be carried out.

• collective rent-settingdecisive»Försvar för den kollektiva hyressättningsmodellen.« (party programme ↗)“Defence of the collective rent-setting model.”
• reasonable rents»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.”
• collective housing measures»Bostadsbrist och segregation byggs bort genom kollektiva insatser, fler hyresrätter och« (party programme ↗)“Housing shortage and segregation are eliminated through collective efforts, more rental apartments and”
• addressed substandard housing»Undermåliga bostäder och trångboddhet åtgärdas.« (party programme ↗)“Substandard housing and overcrowding are addressed.”

The election manifesto explicitly promises to stop renovation charges and strengthen tenants' position during renovations, which is exactly what the counter-proposal requires with slower phasing in, a halt to replacement-driven renovations and stricter assessment criteria. The party programme further states that it is unreasonable for the cost of necessary renovations to be borne by tenants and that renovations must not raise housing costs.

• stop renovation chargesdecisive»stoppa renovräkningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop renovation charges”
• strengthened tenant status during renovations»Vi vill stärka hyresgästernas ställning vid renovering« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen tenants' position during renovations”
• the cost must not be borne by tenants»för nödvändiga upprustningar läggs på hyresgäster i områden där inkomsterna ofta är« (party programme ↗)“for necessary renovations is borne by tenants in areas where incomes are often”
• renovations without raised housing costs»hållbarhet, så att klimatpåverkan minskar och livskvaliteten förbättras utan att« (party programme ↗)“sustainability, so that climate impact is reduced and quality of life improves without”

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 makes property rights central and requires simple rules and strong incentives to invest in housing if construction is to increase. A slower phasing in of rent increases, stops for certain renovations and a stricter assessment basis weaken precisely these incentives. The market economy should moreover be free from planned economy intervention. The plan therefore rejects the counter-proposal's requirements.

• incentives to investdecisive»starka drivkrafter att investera i bostäder, kan byggandet öka i hela landet« (party programme ↗)“strong incentives to invest in housing, can construction increase throughout the country”
• central 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 realise themselves and their dreams.”
• mobile housing market»präglas av rörlighet, låga trösklar, långsiktighet och mångfald« (party programme ↗)“characterised by mobility, low thresholds, long-term perspective and diversity”

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The plan requires that changes to the use-value system be combined with rules that give tenants long-term predictable conditions and protection against sudden rent increases for the existing home, and wants to strengthen work against eviction. Slower phase-in after renovation aligns with that line, since free rent-setting according to the plan belongs in new production. The requirement for stopped renovations however meets the plan's property rights principle.

• protection against sudden rent increasesdecisive»regler som ger hyresgäster långsiktigt förutsebara villkor och ett skydd mot plötsliga« (party programme ↗)“rules that give tenants long-term predictable conditions and protection against sudden”
• free rent only in new production»Fri hyressättning ska tillåtas i nybyggnation.« (party programme ↗)“Free rent-setting shall be permitted in new construction.”
• counter eviction»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.”
• property owner's property rights»regler ska slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet och att enskilda« (party programme ↗)“rules shall safeguard property rights, fair competition, legal certainty and that individuals”

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 sets two demands side by side: the tenant's wishes should be considered in renovations and those living should be protected from unreasonable rent increases, but the property owner's opportunity to be paid for investments made must at the same time be ensured. The counter-proposal shifts the balance unilaterally through longer phase-in and stricter assessment criteria. This goes beyond the balance the plan specifies, even though protection against renovations aimed at replacing tenants is close to the plan's wording.

• compensation for investmentsdecisive»Samtidigt måste fastighetsägarens möjlighet att få betalt för« (party programme ↗)“At the same time the property owner's opportunity to be paid for”
• tenants' views»Hyresgästens önskemål och synpunkter bör beaktas vid« (party programme ↗)“The tenant's wishes and views should be considered in”
• protection against unreasonable rent increases»Någon form av hyresreglering som skyddar de boende från oskäliga« (party programme ↗)“Some form of rent regulation that protects those living from unreasonable”
• influence over housing costs»möjligheter att påverka sin boendemiljö och sina boendekostnader genom medansvar och« (party programme ↗)“opportunities to influence their housing environment and housing costs through shared responsibility and”

The plan wants rents to increasingly reflect the value of housing and rest on strong protection of property rights and the principle that the owner controls their own property. A slower phase-in of rent increases, stopped renovations and tightened assessment criteria reduce the property owner's ability to be compensated for their investments and work against it. The plan's goal is more housing, not hampered maintenance investment.

• rents reflecting valuedecisive»• Möjliggöra mer rättvisa hyror genom att potentiella hyresgästers värdering av boendet ges större vikt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Enable fairer rents by giving greater weight to prospective tenants' valuation of the accommodation”
• owner's right to decide»principen att den som äger också ska ha« (party programme ↗)“the principle that the one who owns also shall have”
• strong property rights protection»Äganderätten och näringsfriheten ska ha ett starkt skydd i« (party programme ↗)“Property rights and freedom of enterprise shall have strong protection in”
• more housing»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.”

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The plan requires that skyrocketing housing costs be slowed so that more people can afford a home and that everyone shall have access to housing with good standard in a safe environment. A slower phasing in of rent increases after renovation and a stop to renovations aimed at replacing tenants serve this commitment. The plan's emphasis on property rights pulls in the other direction, so the conclusion is uncertain.

• slow rising housing costsdecisive»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.”
• right to good housing»Alla ska ha tillgång till en bostad med god standard och kunna leva i en säker, trygg och trivsam miljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone shall have access to housing with good standard and be able to live in a safe, secure and pleasant environment.”
• combat homelessness»Att bekämpa hemlöshet är en prioriterad social fråga för Sverigedemokraterna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combating homelessness is a prioritized social issue for Sweden Democrats.”
• property owner's property rights»Stärka äganderätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen property rights”

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.