A more flexible rental market
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The Riksdag voted in favour of the Government’s proposal for a private rental law with amendments to, for example, the Land Code and the Tenant-Ownership Act. The amendments will create a more flexible rental market and provide increased access to housing. A new private rental act will be introduced with the purpose of simplifying and clarifying the rules for private individuals who let their homes. It will also be easier to sublet one’s tenant-owner flat. If the flat has previously been let, this should only be taken into account when it is let again if the previous period of lease was extensive.
Appropriate rules will also be introduced to meet the needs of businesses seeking accommodation for their staff and to facilitate an increasingly common form of housing where tenants rent one room each and share common areas. The new rules mean that the preconditions for enabling these forms of housing through block renting will be improved. Block renting means that a landlord lets several homes in a block to a single tenant, instead of letting each home directly to private individuals.
In addition, compensation to rental agents will be increased, and rules will be introduced, among other things, on leave to appeal in cases concerning repayment of rent with the purpose of improving the efficiency of the procedure.
The new act and amendments will come into force on 1 July 2026.