Our goal is a fair and equal housing market where all young people can live safely. Unfortunately, the housing market today is in chaos with an acute housing shortage for young people. This is a political problem that we want to change.
In order to ensure that everyone's right to housing is met, we want to see a policy where the public sector takes its statutory responsibility. That is why we push our issues towards politicians and those in power as an active voice in the social and housing debate.
The housing crisis in Sweden is a serious problem that hits young people particularly hard. We often lack both the waiting time required for a first-hand contract and the finances needed to buy a home. 80% of the country's population lives in a municipality with a housing shortage, migration to metropolitan areas and university towns is high and competition for apartments is fierce.
While housing supply was previously seen as a major national policy concern, today the responsibility lies largely with the market. The result is that too little has been built and what has been built has become far too expensive. We therefore want to see a social housing policy that shifts the focus from market forces to everyone's right to a safe home, adapted to their own needs.
We know that many young people today live in second or third homes, or as lodgers, and we therefore want to see the second-hand market better regulated.
However, in our view, a secure home is one where you have security of tenure. This means that you cannot be evicted at any time and that you can influence matters concerning your housing.
Our housing policy program is the basis for all our policies - what we think on different issues and what we want. It is the members of the association who decide what to include. Download the full program via the link below.
Housing is a human right that is formulated both in Sweden's constitution and in international agreements that Sweden supports. We share the position of the legislation and believe that housing is a basic prerequisite for being able to work, study, vote in elections and be part of society. A home is not only a roof over one's head, but also a home that is part of the neighborhood, the city and society at large.
Housing is not a product that people can opt out of, and housing has a long life in society. Therefore, we believe that housing is not just any commodity. Rather, housing is a tool or an object for creating socially sustainable societies and sustainable economies. Politics and the state must therefore be involved in guiding the development of the housing market, and thus a marketization of housing that makes it difficult for politics to guide development is not the right way to go.
Furthermore, we believe that the current housing shortage is a democratic problem that leads to reduced growth and stunted development for the municipality, region and country. Businesses are finding it difficult to hire, university towns are losing students and temporary accommodation is leading to more people registering at addresses where they do not live, which can have consequences for voter turnout and the ability to seek healthcare.
Despite the above, young people's perspectives are currently lacking in political decisions that directly or indirectly affect the housing market and the construction industry. We therefore want young people to be more involved in politics, but also in the whole construction process.
Housing is a human right that is formulated both in Sweden's constitution and in international agreements that Sweden supports. We share the position of the legislation and believe that housing is a basic prerequisite for being able to work, study, vote in elections and be part of society. A home is not only a roof over one's head, but also a home that is part of the neighborhood, the city and society at large.
Housing is not a product that people can opt out of. Thus, housing is not just any commodity, but rather a tool for creating socially sustainable societies and economies. That's why politics and the state must be involved in guiding the development of the housing market, and marketization of housing is the wrong way to go.
The current housing shortage is a democratic problem that leads to reduced growth and stunted development for the municipality, region and country. Businesses are finding it difficult to hire, university towns are losing students and temporary accommodation is leading to more people registering at addresses where they do not live, which can have consequences for voter turnout and the ability to seek healthcare.
Despite the above, young people's perspectives are currently lacking in political decisions that directly or indirectly affect the housing market and the construction industry. We therefore want young people to be more involved in politics, but also in the whole construction process.
More needs to be built, especially housing that young people can afford. We believe we can achieve this by streamlining land allocation and construction processes, increasing the public housingstock and by municipalities taking more active responsibility for housing supply.
The cost of renting a good home is a concern for many young people. We want to safeguard the current system of negotiated rents to ensure low rents that are not at risk ofshock increases. Proposals for market rents go in the opposite direction and risk excluding more young people from getting a permanent home. Measures are also needed in the sublet market to increase security and prevent over-renting.
It must be easier for young people with a stable income to buy their first home. Owning a home usually means lower monthly costs compared to renting on thesecondary market and is safer and more long-term. Young people must be given more favorable conditions to enable more people to enter the housing market.
We are in a climate crisis and the construction and real estate industries are responsible for a large share of Sweden's emissions. Community and housing construction must beplanned to a greater extent with a sustainable lifestyle in mind. The parking norm needs to be phased out and replaced by more sustainable means of transportation such as public transport, car sharing and cycling. More dense cities and a stop to luxury renovations of rental apartments are needed to reduce the climate footprint.
