Per Bolund on the lack of student housing: Understand that it is frustrating

The lack of student housing is a recurring news for every autumn term.

Today, 12 out of 33 cities are so-called red-listed, which means that it takes longer than one semester to get housing from the time they started to plug, according to Sweden's unified student union, SFS.

It is also believed that students risk discontinuing their studies due to housing shortages.

-It's unacceptable. That we have enough student housing is important for society, so that we get the knowledge we need. You should not have to give up education because you do not have a home, says Housing Minister Per Bolund (MP) in SVT's Morning Study.

The housing minister says that the government Per Bolund on the lack of student housing: Understands that it is frustrating that a higher exchange rate has now been added and that more student housing is being built than before.

-But I understand that it is frustrating for students who have struggled hard to get good grades and gained a place in their dream education - to then not get any accommodation.

Per Bolund believes that more building must be done, but also that all actors make sure that other solutions are found - for example, that students can come together and share a larger apartment.

It is also not possible to just build new housing, it must also be housing that the students can afford.

Here, state investment aid is required according to Per Bolund. Among other things, to be able to make demands on the companies that receive the support to build apartments with lower rent.