To release Stefan Löfven as prime minister, the Center Party and the Liberals demanded that rents be released in newly built apartments.
The property owners must set the rents themselves.
As it works today, a negotiation takes place between the Tenants' Association and the Property Owners.
The tenants' association, which is close to the Social Democrats, is now campaigning on the issue.
- This will mean that rents will be raised and that more people will be overcrowded, says Marie Linder, chairman of the Tenants' Association.
The tenants' association also believes that free rents in new buildings will lead to increased market share in older apartments as well.
- If you have taken the first step, it is easy to take the second step and then there can be sharply changed housing costs for three million tenants, says Marie Linder.
Property owners: Strengthens the role of tenancy
Property owners welcome the free rent in new buildings.
They believe that more people will now want to build rental apartments.
- We believe that there will be a better functioning housing market where there will be more rental apartments.
We strengthen the role of the tenancy, says Anders Holmestig, CEO of Fastighetsägarna.
He also thinks that the Tenants' Association is exaggerating, when they talk about the proposal as a "first step".
- I think people are shouting at the wolf, when they say that it leads to a completely deregulated housing market.
This proposal is about rents in new buildings, and even though there are parties that want to go further, today there is no political majority for such proposals, says Anders Holmestig.
Tenants' Association: Feels terrible
The proposal that the inquiry will present is part of the 73-point program that became the result of the record-breaking government negotiations after the last election.
The Social Democrats do not really want any free rent at all and are sandwiched between their friends in the Tenants' Association and their colleagues in the January collaboration, the Center Party and the Liberals.
- I think it feels terrible that an S-government presents such a proposal, says Marie Linder.
- Stefan Löfven is Prime Minister because he promised the necessary reforms for more jobs and housing and then it will also be implemented, says Annie Lööf, party leader for the Center Party.