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2019-12-31T16:28:23.828Z
It can take a long time before you get a rental right in Stockholm. The one with the longest queue time who during the year received an apartment through the Housing Agency had been in the housing queue since 1983, according to the statistics for 2019. What then became after 36 years in the housing queue? Well, a second of 50 square meters on Södermalm.
A total of 675 182 persons are in housing queue in Stockholm. One person has been in the queue since 1980. In 2019, 65 385 people registered.
Most apartments are provided to people who have been in line between eight and twelve years.
Those who have long queues usually have somewhere else to live and are not in urgent need of a rental apartment.
Source: svt
