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Stockholm has the worst. I needed to live and work there for a year. There is rent control, housing queues and black market. Everyone that I met had already bee
by m00dy 5y ago
Stockholm has the worst. I needed to live and work there for a year. There is rent control, housing queues and black market. Everyone that I met had already been in the queue.So, it is definitely not for new comers. Black market roughly 40% of net income. So, Housing in there quite fucked up.
- alkonaut 5y agoThe "private market" does work, but regulations mean you typically can't renn a place you own out for more than a year. So you can easily get a contract tomorrow at market rate, and that's what a bartender or software developer will have to do if they move in. If you are a professional, rent should be fairly affordable. If you are a student, it's not affordable. The downside though is the uncertainty. You'll expect to have to move to a new place around every 12 months or so which is a chore, and obviously is out of the question if you have a family. 40% of net income doesn't seem disastrously high tbh.
- nivenkos 5y agoA second-hand contract isn't necessary black market though. Black market is when they are sub-letting illegally so you literally can't register your address - and is mainly an issue for people who want very temporary rentals, or very low rents. But yeah, it is still a disaster.