Widespread housing shortages and high rents are facing this fall's new students. 7 out of 8 students are affected, according to the SFS housing report 2025.
The majority of all students, 66 percent, live in a city with a severe housing shortage where it takes more than a semester before they get their own home. 21 percent of students live in a city with a moderate housing shortage where they can get a home sometime during the fall semester, but these often have high rents. Only 13 percent of students can expect to get accommodation that meets SFS criteria for safe housing by the start of the fall semester.
– 7 out of 8 students will not be able to find housing with reasonable rent by the start of the semester, and 2 out of 3 students cannot count on having their own accommodation at all this year. This is unacceptable, says Rasmus Lindstedt, chairman of SFS.
SFS presents three proposals for how the housing shortage can be solved: that the state co-finances student housing with lower rent, that the student grant be adjusted by introducing support for housing costs for students, and that the state places higher demands on municipalities through numerical targets.
– Everyone who is eligible to study should have the opportunity to do so, regardless of their financial situation or where they live. Therefore, the state and municipalities must take greater responsibility for students' housing situation, says Rasmus Lindstedt.
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