the Question of how long a municipality shall be responsible for the newcomers accommodation became acute in stockholm in the beginning of november last year when the 15 refugees and migrants were forced to leave their places after two years when their contract expired.
are some of the municipalities that interpreted the bosättningslagen from 2016 as the municipality’s responsibility ceases since the two-year provisioning time has run out.
In march 2018 gave the Order the island of Lidingö right in the interpretation.
the Decision was appealed by the Green party group leader at Lidingö, Patrik Sandström, who argued that it was important to bosättningslagen tested and it becomes clear how long the municipality will be responsible for the new arrivals.
on Friday, The administrative court of Appeal with its ruling: Lidingö not violate bosättningslagen when the city says newly arrived from their contracts after two years.
coming now to the appeal of the green Party in Lidingö that goes to the Supreme administrative court:
”Kammarätten have mixed up the concepts of permanent and temporary housing, which refers to dwelling category, with temporary and permanent accommodation which relates to the municipality’s responsibility. They therefore draw an incorrect conclusion I hope the Supreme administrative court can correct,” writes oppositionsrådet Patrik Sandström (MP) in a press release.
”It is a precedent-setting cases. If the administrative court ruling stands, it means in practice that there is no limit at all to how long a community needs to take responsibility for these accommodations. It may be a week or permanent. It is liable to impair the integration and sharing of responsibilities is uneven,” writes Patrik Sandström.
the problem that bosättningslagen is written without a time limit is specified. It says only that local authorities have the responsibility to give the new arrivals a place to live.
