Vote for the state to reintroduce the construction subsidy https://agera.skiftet.org/campaigns/aterinfor-byggstodet A state construction subsidy to build cheap, good and beautiful homes as well as housing subsidies and regulations that lower the average rent to 25% of the salary of low-income earners can have positive effects on the economy. These measures can potentially reduce inflation, increase employment, promote societal output and reduce economic disparities. By increasing…
Category: The tenants' association
Freedom, equality and good jobs for all are needed if the red-greens are to regain power
Freedom and security mean a lot to the people of Sweden. It is disgusting that welfare becomes ethnically demarcated. We can afford and have an ethical responsibility to have refugee immigration, but it must be done in the right way without economic neoliberalism. But the election and the blue-brown's Tidö agreement show so far that if the red-green are to rule again,...
Post-election analysis: communication, freedom under responsibility and equality
According to Red Justice's post-election analysis, the broad left including the Social Democrats must improve on communication, freedom under responsibility and equality.
The left party for welfare, climate and industry
First: the public sector must take back control of welfare from the market. It is when politics takes responsibility that we can have functioning care, school and care, full employment and secure jobs. Ever since the 1990s, both s and m governments have privatized and introduced market systems. The Left Party stopped the latest such attempts when they dropped the proposal to…
Both good and bad with Magdalena (Magda)
Magdalena Andersson was elected party chairman during the party congress for S in Gothenburg during the first weekend in November 2021. Her speech focused on welfare (then with a focus on the school being privatized), the green transition and the fight against crime. Many interpreted her priorities as focusing more on fighting crime than on economic class equalization. The…
Renovation bill and rent increases of up to 60%
Renovation calculation is the risk in standard-raising measures in tenements. These often mean rent increases of up to 60%. Then many low- and middle-income earners have to move from their tenancy. Hear Ronny Bengtsson, chairman of the Tenants' Association Region Western Sweden, tell us more below. Renovation often leads to segregation and gentrification. This means that after renovation calculation, usually only more…
Higher risk of restructuring in Gothenburg
The municipal council in Gothenburg decided in 2021 to investigate how the municipality can sell off the public utility. Restructuring involves the sale of tenancies such as condominiums. The apartments are often sold at a reduced price. At the same time, tenants who have sickness benefits often do not get bank loans to buy their flat. Redevelopment is at odds with Gothenburg's need for more rental properties. Low-rent rentals can…