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Hyresgästföreningen

The following articles have been tagged with "Hyresgästföreningen":

Young Swedes forced to live with mum and dad

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. READ »

Illegal rentals thrive in Stockholm flat crunch

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. READ »

Tenant sues over Legionnaires' Disease

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. READ »

Stockholm rents soar after new subletting law

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. READ »

Swede endures 28-year wait for Stockholm flat

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. READ »

The Lowdown: Sweden's new subletting law

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. READ »

Stockholm sublets set for 'dramatic' rent hike

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. READ »

Subletting in Sweden set to get more expensive

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. READ »

Foreigners' identities stolen in housing scam

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. READ »

Noisy sex no problem for Swedes: study

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. READ »

Woman evicted over angry note 'threats'

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. READ »

How to avoid fraud in the Stockholm house-hunt

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. READ »

No help for neighbours of noisy masturbator

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. READ »

Swede plummets to death in balcony collapse

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. READ »

Eviction threat for 'ugly' Swedes' 'gypsy' yard

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”. READ »

Tenant fined for painting room 'abnormally' green

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. READ »

Reinfeldt under fire over housing comments

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. READ »

Tenant union names Sweden's worst landlords

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. READ »

Swedish landlord to pay tenants who tattle on smoking neighbours

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. READ »

Sharp increase in tenant-owner evictions

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. READ »

'Backward' rental market must be fixed: expert

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. READ »

Two year wait for Stockholm flat: report

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. READ »

Swedes want their adult children out of the house

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. READ »

Government averts threat of market-set rents

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. READ »

Cockroach surprise for Swedish property mogul

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. READ »

Nineties babies face major housing shortage

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. READ »

Outrage over politican's high-priced home rental

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. READ »

'Black market' Swedish flat leases sold openly on the internet

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. READ »

Magazine names Sweden's ten worst landlords

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. READ »

Thousands of rental flats privatized

Business & Money: 3 Oct 08
Private owners have taken over 16,000 municipal rental apartments since the 2006 elections. READ »

Housing reform would 'force 50,000 to move'

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. READ »

Rental contracts for sale after court ruling

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. READ »

Housing reforms stoke debate

Society: 18 Apr 08
A new government report has suggested controversial changes to the rules governing residential rental properties in Sweden. READ »

Housing system under fire

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'. READ »

Swedish landlords "avoid letting to immigrants"

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. READ »

Satellite dish tenants evicted

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. READ »

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