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Healthcare & welfare
Healthcare & welfare

Rent regulation (hyresreglering) should be loosened to allow more market-driven rents.

Of the 8 Riksdag parties, 4 broadly agree and 4 broadly disagree.

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Moderaterna Moderaterna
Strongly agree
Ett första steg vore att tillåta fri hyressättning för nyproducerade hyresrätter.

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Moderaterna on Welfare
Socialdemokraterna Socialdemokraterna
Disagree
Starka allmännyttiga och kooperativa företag är nödvändiga för att för att hålla nere boendekostnaderna och för att motverka segregation.

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Socialdemokraterna on Welfare
Miljöpartiet Miljöpartiet
Strongly disagree
Vi vill att marknadshyror ej skall få förekomma vare sig i existerande eller nya bostadsbestånd.

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Miljöpartiet on Welfare
Vänsterpartiet Vänsterpartiet
Strongly disagree
Genom att stoppa marknadshyror och genomföra en historisk höjning av garantipensionen har vi visat att vi är ett parti som kan påverka många människors liv

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Vänsterpartiet on Welfare
Arguments

Common arguments on each side, written without party attribution.

For
  • Below-market rents reduce incentives to build new rental housing, contributing to chronic shortages.
  • Looser rules allow rents to better reflect quality and location, improving allocation of existing stock.
  • Most economic studies link strict rent control to reduced supply and longer queues.
Against
  • Market-rate rents would price many lower-income tenants out of established neighbourhoods.
  • Sweden’s housing crisis stems primarily from underbuilding, not rent levels themselves.
  • The current model gives long-term tenants stability that a fully market system removes.
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