The planning system in general

The plan wants society to have stronger tools to steer housing construction and break segregation through deliberate mixing of house types and tenure forms. A municipal tool to prescribe tenure form in detailed planning and overview planning is in line with the active land policy and the prioritisation of rental apartments with reasonable rents that the plan demands. The plan does not explicitly name the Planning and Building Act's regulation of tenure form, but the direction towards more societal control of construction is unambiguous.

• active land policydecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill se ett statligt byggbolag, investeringsstöd för ökat bostadsbyggande och en aktiv markpolitik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see a state housing company, investment support for increased housing construction and an active land policy.”
• mixed tenure forms»Vi vill bryta upp segregationen och skapa en blandning av hustyper och« (party programme ↗)“We want to break up segregation and create a mix of house types and”
• planning tools for the public sector»Det gemensamma ägandet av bostäder och mark ger starka verktyg« (party programme ↗)“Common ownership of housing and land provides strong tools”
• municipal self-governance»Det kommunala självstyret är en betydelsefull del av den svenska« (party programme ↗)“Municipal self-governance is an important part of the Swedish”

The election manifesto establishes that housing and tenancy forms shall be mixed, and the party programme requires steering housing policy with strengthened municipal housing supply responsibility and urban planning that in all respects counters segregation. Allowing municipalities to prescribe tenancy form in detailed plans and comprehensive plans is precisely the tool that makes such steering possible. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• mixed tenancy formsdecisive»Boende- och upplåtelseformer ska vara blandade.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Housing and tenancy forms shall be mixed.”
• strengthened municipal responsibility»Styrande nationell bostadspolitik och stärkt kommunalt bostadsförsörjningsansvar.« (party programme ↗)“Steering national housing policy and strengthened municipal housing supply responsibility.”
• planning against segregation»Samhällsplanering som i alla delar motverkar segregation, särskilt på bostadsområdet.« (party programme ↗)“Urban planning that in all respects counters segregation, especially in housing.”
• building away segregation»Bostadsbrist och segregation byggs bort genom kollektiva insatser, fler hyresrätter och« (party programme ↗)“Housing shortage and segregation are built away through collective efforts, more rental housing and”

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 wants to see housing areas with mixed tenure forms and gives municipalities an active role in housing provision through public housing, land policy and requirements setting. That municipalities can prescribe tenure form in planning is a tool in precisely that direction and strengthens housing as a social right rather than the market's choice. The plan also emphasises that decisions should be made close to those affected, which argues for expanded municipal authority.

• mixed tenure formsdecisive»Vi vill se blandade bostadsområden med variation i upplåtelseformer och boendetyper« (party programme ↗)“We want to see mixed housing areas with variation in tenure forms and housing types”
• municipal housing tools»Kommunerna ska använda sin allmännytta, sin markpolitik och sina möjligheter att ställa krav.« (party programme ↗)“Municipalities shall use their public housing, their land policy and their ability to set requirements.”
• housing as a social right»Miljöpartiet vill återupprätta bostaden som en social rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants to re-establish housing as a social right.”
• more rental apartments with reasonable rents»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 apartments with reasonable rents, develop and expand the investment support that made it cheaper to build and ensure that more can own their home.”

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 stipulates a market economy free from command-economy finger-pointing and a housing market built with simple rules, mobility and low thresholds. To give municipalities the right to prescribe occupancy form in detailed plans and comprehensive plans is a new planning condition that controls what the property owner can build and conflicts with property rights and regulatory simplification. The decentralization principle of the plan pulls in another direction, but the concrete housing and property rights line weighs more heavily in the matter.

• strong property rightsdecisive»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.”
• more housing with simple rules»En förutsättning för utveckling är att det finns tillräckligt med bostäder i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“A prerequisite for development is the existence of sufficient housing throughout the country.”
• self-determination over own land»Det är dags att ge landsbygdsborna mer självbestämmande över sin egen mark, och genom regelförenklingar göra det enklare att bygga och bo på landsbygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is time to give rural residents more self-determination over their own land, and through regulatory simplifications make it easier to build and live in the countryside.”

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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 plan wants to simplify planning and building regulations, shorten appeals processes and review the possibilities to limit municipal special requirements, not give municipalities a new tool to control tenure form. The starting point is that the individual shall have power over their own housing and that construction shall be guided by demand rather than by municipal planning regulation. The counter-proposal's demand that tenure form can be prescribed in detail plan and overview plan therefore goes against the plan's line.

• limit municipal special requirementsdecisive»Plan- och byggreglerna bör förenklas, överklagandeprocessen förkortas och möjligheterna till att begränsa kommunala särkrav ses över.« (party programme ↗)“Planning and building regulations should be simplified, the appeals process shortened and the possibilities to limit municipal special requirements reviewed.”
• simpler building regulations»Vi vill införa en stimulans för att spara ihop till den första insatsen, slopa det förhöjda amorteringskravet, korta överklagandeprocesserna och fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to introduce a stimulus to save for the first deposit, abolish the increased amortization requirement, shorten appeals processes and continue simplifying building regulations.”
• builder-driven detail planning»Byggherrar ska ges rätten att utarbeta detaljplaner som sedan prövas av kommunen.« (party programme ↗)“Builders shall be given the right to develop detail plans which are then reviewed by the municipality.”
• power over own housing»Att ha makt över det egna boendet är viktigt för den enskildes frihetskänsla.« (party programme ↗)“Having power over one's own housing is important for the individual's sense of freedom.”

The party programme establishes that all city districts should have varied tenure forms to counteract segregation, and that municipalities should have responsibility for housing provision. The subsidiarity principle and municipal self-government speak for the municipality getting the tools it needs to steer towards varied housing supply. The counter-proposal's requirements are thereby in line with the plan, even though the plan does not explicitly address the detailed planning instrument.

• varied tenure forms in all areasdecisive»varierande upplåtelseformer, för att därigenom få till stånd en naturlig blandning av åldrar« (party programme ↗)“varied tenure forms, to thereby achieve a natural mix of ages”
• the subsidiarity principle»Det en gemenskap på ett ändamålsenligt sätt kan sköta ska den också få sköta.« (party programme ↗)“What a community can properly manage it should also be allowed to manage.”
• strong municipal self-government»Kommunal demokrati förutsätter kommunal självstyrelse.« (party programme ↗)“Municipal democracy presupposes municipal self-government.”
• freedom of choice in housing form»Möjlighet ska finnas att välja, inte bara mellan olika upplåtelseformer och olika« (party programme ↗)“The possibility to choose should exist, not just between different tenure forms and different”

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 wants to replace complex detailed plans with simpler building plans and increase construction of both rental and owner-occupied apartments, with the goal of enabling more people to own their homes. Giving municipalities the right to prescribe the form of tenure in detailed plans and comprehensive plans makes the planning instrument more prescriptive in detail, contrary to that direction. The plan's principle that the owner should have the right to use their property according to their own judgment speaks in the same direction.

• enklare planreglerdecisive»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace complex detailed plans with simpler building plans”
• öka byggandet av alla former»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 apartments.”
• ägt boende»I Moderaternas Sverige ska alla våga drömma om att äga sin egen bostad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the Moderates' Sweden, everyone should dare to dream of owning their own home.”
• äganderätten vägledande»rätt att använda sitt ägande efter eget huvud ska vara vägledande.« (party programme ↗)“the right to use one's property according to one's own judgment should be guiding.”

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The plan's approach to housing is to simplify and speed up decision-making processes and review the regulations and requirements that govern construction, not to add new planning provisions. The counter-proposal instead demands a new regulatory tool where the municipality should be able to prescribe tenure form in the detailed plan and comprehensive plan, which increases regulatory burden in the planning process. The plan's protection of municipal autonomy does not outweigh this, since the measure is a new state regulation of construction.

• simplified building regulationsdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill underlätta bostadsbyggande genom att förenkla och snabba på beslutsprocesser och se över de omfattande regelverk och krav som styr bostadsbyggande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Sweden Democrats want to facilitate housing construction by simplifying and speeding up decision-making processes and reviewing the extensive regulations and requirements that govern housing construction.”
• simpler planning process»Anpassa och förenkla regler och processer för planering och byggnation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt and simplify rules and processes for planning and construction”
• increased competition in construction»Nybyggnation kan underlättas genom att se över byggnormer och öka konkurrensen på byggmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New construction can be facilitated by reviewing building standards and increasing competition in the construction market.”
• municipal self-governance»Vi betraktar det kommunala självbestämmandet som en central del av demokratin« (party programme ↗)“We regard municipal self-governance as a central part of democracy”