The first apartment buildings with 68 apartments that municipally owned Kirunabostäder built during the social transformation, and which were ready for occupancy last year, had a construction cost of SEK 31,000 per square meter.
Increased by 35 percent
In the most recent procurement, the bids were SEK 42,000 per square meter, which means a price increase of around 35 percent in just a few years.
- We can not rent this cost increase.
The next project we have to think about how we should handle this situation, says Mats Dahlberg, CEO of Kirunabostäder.
"Cost increase is not a good situation"
In addition to the housing company replacing housing within the framework of social transformation, the plan is to add more housing to the housing market.
- Now we are building 70 apartments, but we expect to build up to 200 more apartments, but the cost increase is not a good situation for Kiruna, says Mats Dahlberg.
Hear more in the video above about Mats Dahlberg's concerns about increased construction costs and rents.