oolang

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by oolang 5y ago
39,8 % Single-family home 20,7 % Co-op apartment = 60,5% 28,4 % Rental apartment Maybe more relevant is that because of this Sweden has very high household debt. https://data.oecd.org/hha/household-de
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by oolang 5y ago
> Assuming a family of 4 would live there instead, she's effectively removing 3 people from the city. I think is overrated concern in general. Most popular cities aren't underdeveloped. Rather the problem is concentration of re
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by oolang 5y ago
Sweden had a functioning rent control system for many decades until relatively recent changes. Please feel free to elaborate how you can clearly link the current situation to rent control and not those changes.
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by oolang 5y ago
I don't see how that is particularly legitimate argument against rent control as that is how the housing market works in general. The difference is that if you buy an apartment you also get appreciation.
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by oolang 5y ago
Many government functions have actually already or are in the process of moving. https://www.fastighetsvarlden.se/notiser/flera-myndigheter-t... You wouldn't have to move the government though just companies. This
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by oolang 5y ago
I don't think that is an unpopular opinion. On the contrary it's been the going one for quite a while. Deregulating letting was said to be part the solution when it was introduced. Now it is said to be part of the problem to have
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by oolang 5y ago
No, what basic economics says it that a price ceiling causes a shortage of supply _if_ no other variables change. Which they do in general but especially in the housing market. That is the principle called "ceteris paribus". And t
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by oolang 5y ago
You are absolutely right. This is by far the main reason. Even more so as in Sweden you usually have two mortgages. One personal which is used to purchase the property and one taken out by the co-op itself which you pay as part of the month