It is the magazine Hem & Hyra that has gone through the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's so-called housing market survey 2021.

- We have had this deficit for a long time.

One reason is that the municipality is growing strongly, and then the need for group and service housing also increases, says John Johansson (S), chairman of the program committee Social Welfare in Örebro.

Important to build cheaper

New group homes are now being built in several places in Örebro, but this is also something that can lead to high housing costs.

In order to be able to build cheaper and more efficiently, the municipal management in 2019 decided to develop a standard model together with the municipal housing company Öbo.

- The standard model has almost halved the construction cost.

A big problem when building new is that it becomes very expensive and thus high rents.

Many people with disabilities may find it difficult to cope.

Many only have sickness benefits to live on, he says.

What should you do to reduce gender?

- We will both build new and buy places, and hope to be able to graze the sex within a couple of years.

In the budget, there is room for two or three group homes per year, but now we expect to be able to build more because the economy looks brighter again.