Social Housing Policy in Sweden – from an Alternative to Mainsteam Lena Magnusson Turner Institute for Housing and Urban Research Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Social Housing Policy in Sweden – from an Alternative
to Mainsteam
Lena Magnusson Turner
Institute for Housing and Urban Research
Uppsala University, Sweden
Overview
Housing policy in Sweden
Public housing
Public or social – who are the tenants
Conversion of public housing to cooperative housing - consequences
Housing policy in Sweden – the basic ides‘ from 1940´
Phase-out housing shortage
Increase housing standard – good housing till everyone
Public housing as dominating tenure form
Strong municipalities
Housing policy after 1990
1990’ – housing policy division Financial policy
Decreased subsidies More market oriented
Social housing policy – prestige word Reasonable housing costs Good and equal housing standard Integration and social rights
Developments in housing policy in Sweden More selective
More demand oriented
More on market terms
Subsidy-Tax Trends in Europe
Less tax benefits to owners
Less interest subsidies
Less allowances to households
More grants (incl. VAT reduction)
Less public/social housing, more housing associations (with grants)
Modest increased real estate taxes
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20 000
30 000
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70 000
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
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K Real estate tax
Total mainsubsidies
Subsidies and taxes
Subsidies and allowances
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25000
30000
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50000
1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005
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Housingallowances
Housingallowances topensionersInterestsubsidies
New housing policy in Sweden - arguments Subsidies phase-out
Subsidies limits competition Increasing competition by stable condition for
housing construction and owning
Increased housing construction Increased labour participation, lower
income tax, low interest rate level
Right to sell public housing Ownership as a mean to reduce social
exclusion Rental tenure an important mean for labour
market policy
New social housing policy
Guarantees from municipality for weak families
Stimuli to buy
Public housing as idée
Publicly owned houses in Sweden - a tenure form open to everyone No closed entry – no maximum income
Compete with other types of housing
No stigma to live in public housing
Who is living in public housing in Sweden?
15 % families from poor countries (2 % OH)
10% families on social benefit (1% OH)
10% single mothers(5% OH)
10% fifth quintile (25% OH)
Changes on the housing market
Tenure conversion – sale of municipal housing
Inner city and suburb
Decreasing production of affordable housing Only for sale
What will happen with vulnerable families? A large group in public housing Especially in metropolitan areas
Remaining – social housing
Thank you for you
consideration
1 million Euro
30 000 Euro
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