SFS chairman Rasmus Lindstedt and the Tenants' Association's vice chairman Ola Palmgren write a debate article in Aftonbladet about the difficult situation in the student housing market.
To increase the number of student housing units and ensure that everyone, regardless of socio-economic background or disability, has the opportunity to continue their studies, an aggressive housing policy is needed. Proposals for relaxed accessibility requirements have at best very little effect, but are more likely to be ineffective in increasing the pace of construction.
In difficult times, the state must step in and enable increased construction, even of housing with lower profit margins. Increased state funding and preferential construction loans are needed to increase the availability of student housing, combined with a strengthened and reformed housing subsidy.
If the government continues with a passive housing policy, more and more students and young adults will be prevented from starting their dream education due to the lack of access to student housing. The government should know better.
Read the full article at Evening bath.se