“More housing will not solve the housing crisis”

“It is too expensive to stay.”

“Aftonbladet’s leader board is the independent social democrat.”

“the Housing crisis is at record levels and increasing. In February of this year, the number of newly built residential properties with 5 per cent in the whole of Sweden. As a letter in the mail came the news in the beginning of the week that housing prices are rising. For many, it is certainly a welcome news. But for those who live in a growing and distortion of the secondary market, it is a setback.”

“Fewer and more expensive housing is increasing the gap between those with and those without a home, but at the same time, the solution is not only to build more. In the report ”

“Ineffective flyttkedjor”

“Long have flyttkedjor been seen as the solution to the housing crisis, namely that when the new housing occurs, they start a reaction in the housing market that creates movement. But it is based on that there are a variety of housing. According to the report, there is no evidence that the flyttkedjorna in Sweden, people outside the housing market.”

“The groups that today have it tough to get into the housing market simply earn too little to get a tenancy agreement or buy a home. “

“For the politicians it seems that there is a way forward. In januariavtalet are several suggestions focused on simplifying the byggprocesserna but at the same time, a proposal to investigate the market rents. The result is new homes that are too expensive to create real movement in the housing market. “

“Smarter housing policies”

“Probably lead the same policy to more people tie up their life savings in condominiums. Those who buy their residence and will continue to want to have a system where their money increases in value and, therefore, vote for the policies that preserve a housing market with high demand. Maybe it’s not stranger than that right-wingers builds homes for more högerväljare.”

“But, in order not to limit people’s opportunities in life and the perpetuation given klassförutsättningar we need to make the switch to a smarter housing policy. A housing policy that not only focuses on more to be built. But also what and for whom. We need housing for all citizens that is, besides a right in the constitution, a prerequisite for a prosperous society with mobility and development opportunities for all.”