The following articles have been tagged with "Hyresgästföreningen":
Business & Money: 15 May 13
More than half of Swedes in their twenties are stuck living at home with their parents in major metropolitan areas, with observers blaming politicians for abdicating any responsibility for dealing with lack of housing.
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National: 6 May 13
The black market for first-hand rental contracts in Stockholm is alive and well as Swedes desperate for a place to live won't report illegal sales to the police, an investigation has revealed.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 13
A woman in eastern Sweden is suing her landlord after she caught a life-threatening bacterial infection soon after moving into her new home.
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Business & Money: 8 Apr 13
Prices for subletting a flat in central Stockholm have jumped as much as 20 percent following recent changes to Sweden's subletting laws, according to new figures compiled by a Swedish newspaper.
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Business & Money: 28 Mar 13
A 64-year-old Swedish woman has finally got the home of her dreams in central Stockholm after waiting on the city's housing queue for 28 years, a story that experts explain is becoming all too common.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jan 13
Wondering what changes to Sweden's subletting law might mean for you and what you pay in rent? The Local gets the lowdown from one of Sweden's largest housing organizations.
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Business & Money: 24 Jan 13
Tenants' advocates warn that rents charged to sublet flats in Stockholm could double next month due to changes in Sweden's subletting laws, amid reports that rents are already higher than current laws allow.
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Politics: 5 Dec 12
It may be easier to sublet a flat or home in Sweden next year, but it may also be more expensive, according to a government bill which cleared an important legislative hurdle on Tuesday.
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National: 7 Nov 12
Fraudsters are finding new ways to trick house-hunters in Sweden, stealing the identities of real people in other countries to convince desperate would-be tenants to part with their money.
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Society: 25 Sep 12
Only one out of four Swedes who hear their neighbours having sex are bothered enough to do anything about it, according to a new study.
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Society: 7 Sep 12
A disgruntled tenant was evicted this week from her apartment building in Stockholm after neighbours complained that the angry notes she had been posting in the stairwell became too rude and threatening.
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Lifestyle: 24 Aug 12
With apartments in Stockholm harder than ever to find, desperate house-hunters are easy prey for con-artists. The Local’s Oliver Gee finds out more about how the fraudsters operate and how to avoid them.
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Society: 31 May 12
Irate neighbours upset by the high-volume moans of a noisy masturbator in southern Sweden won't get any help from local public authorities to help rub out the problem.
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National: 28 May 12
A man from Mariefred, central Sweden, has died after the balcony where he was standing with a friend gave way early on Sunday morning.
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National: 24 Jan 12
A Swedish family is risking eviction from their rental house in Stockholm after the new landlord claims that they oppose planned renovations, that their yard is like a ”gypsy-camp” and that the two have a problem with their personal ”exterior”.
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Business & Money: 10 Aug 11
A Swedish tenant has been fined over 30,000 kronor ($4,660) for carrying out shoddy and unfinished painting work and for choosing the wrong shade of green for his bedroom.
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Politics: 15 Feb 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has courted criticism from some quarters for suggesting that Stockholm's rental housing market is not performing as smoothly as it could.
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Society: 25 Jan 11
The Swedish Union of Tenants has come up with a "blacklist" of Sweden's worst landlords in its member magazine after asking its lawyers for nominations from each of the country's regions.
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Society: 13 Jan 11
A plan by a landlord in northern Sweden to pay tenants to report neighbours who violate a building's no-smoking policy and then evict offenders has been slammed by a tenants rights group.
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Business & Money: 8 Nov 10
An increasing number of tenant-owner occupiers are being evicted from their properties, with a 107 cases reported in 2010 to date.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, according to a new report published this week. The Local has found that behind the heated dialogue there lie few easy solutions.
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National: 8 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, rising to as much as 20 years for attractive areas. In many comparable EU cities apartments can be found immediately, a new survey shows.
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Society: 30 Dec 09
Seven of 10 young Swedes aged 20 to 25 want to live on their own, but instead remain with their parents due to a lack of available affordable accommodation or poor personal finances, according to a new poll.
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Business & Money: 13 Nov 09
The government has concluded that housing companies should continue to negotiate rental fees with tenants based on a utility based system, rather than fees being market-oriented, according to a memorandum presented on Friday.
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Society: 16 Sep 09
A Stockholm-area investment executive received a package of live cockroaches in protest of his firm’s perceived negligence in upgrading run-down apartment buildings in Malmö’s Rosengård neighbourhood.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 09
As they start to leave the nest, children of the nineties will face an ever-increasing housing shortage, according to a new study by the Swedish Union Of Tenants.
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Society: 5 Mar 09
A Social Democratic politician and former Swedish reality TV star has sparked a backlash over plans to charge what many characterized as exorbitant fees for the rental of two separate properties.
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Society: 3 Feb 09
Stockholm has long had a problem with housing shortages, and as a result a black market in rental contracts. But now the illegal market has gone mainstream and leases are being sold openly on the internet.
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Society: 9 Dec 08
Six out of Sweden’s ten worst landlords, as listed in Hem & Hyra magazine’s annual ranking, come from the same highly criticized company.
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Business & Money: 3 Oct 08
Private owners have taken over 16,000 municipal rental apartments since the 2006 elections.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 08
The proposal put forward by a state inquiry into Sweden’s housing market would most affect people with low incomes, claims the head of the national tenant association.
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Business & Money: 8 Aug 08
A Stockholm court has ruled that rental contracts for housing can be sold by tenants, legally. What's more the payment is exempt from tax.
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Society: 18 Apr 08
A new government report has suggested controversial changes to the rules governing residential rental properties in Sweden.
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Society: 29 Jun 07
The authors of an official report on the Swedish rental market argue that companies in the public housing sector should 'strive for market rates'.
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Society: 18 Mar 07
Eight out of ten Swedish landlords systematically avoid letting their properties to tenants with Arabic names. The discrimination is especially widespread in towns outside the country's large cities.
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Society: 20 Dec 05
Three families who fixed satellite dishes outside their flats have been told by Sweden's Supreme Court that their landlord has the right to evict them. The property owner said the antennae were a safety risk.
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