As V To eliminate housing – Express

The Left Party wants to eliminate the housing shortage for students.

The party’s proposals: The state will lend to construction companies.

– The housing shortage is one of our most acute social problems, says party leader Jonas Sjöstedt in his sommartal.

on Sunday summer talking three party leaders around Sweden. One of them is Jonas Sjöstedt (V), which is in place in Umeå.

During his sommartal he talked mainly about young people and young people’s conditions in Sweden. Above all, it was about housing for students.

The Left and Jonas Sjöstedt have a suggestion on how to relaunch the construction of student housing.

To eliminate the housing shortage

– It’s time to eliminate student housing shortage. And it can be done, says Jonas Sjöstedt.

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According to the Left Party’s proposal, the state concessional lending to construction companies – who can then build student housing. The party proposes that 25 billion annually lent to property owners – and that four of them are earmarked for student housing.

It would, according to the Left and Jonas Sjöstedt provide 8000 new student apartments a year.

Total needed between 16 000 and 17 000 new student housing, said Sjostedt – who believe that the shortage can be eliminated in a few years.

“the competition is too small”

– More construction companies must dare build student housing. Competition is too small. At the same time as government borrows money without interest today so the state can borrow money that they then lend to construction companies that they can invest. You get the money back in the long run, he says to Expressen.

According to him, serious housing shortage on several levels.

– Many young people are looking desperately for somewhere to stay. The housing shortage is severe on several levels. Many young people exploited and some are reluctant to move as they do not have anywhere to stay. And we want people study.

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Needed thousands of new student housing

Above all it is about the larger university cities, such as Stockholm and Gothenburg, but also Uppsala , Lund and Umeå.

on his website, writes the Left that 27 of the 43 university municipalities deficit of student housing.

– We can now see how the students become desperate and end up in expensive or overcrowded solutions, said Sjostedt.

He said that the state loans to property owners will be paid retracting the term. He sees no problem with the proposal.

– It’s a safe investment to build in most municipalities in Sweden.

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“the Left is needed in the gap”

During his sommartal talked Jonas Sjöstedt, although the Left Party wants to invest in vocational training, the driver’s license is a class issue, and that precarious work must be converted to permanent positions.

– It’s time to put a stop to the abuse of agency workers, he said.

Jonas Sjöstedt also mentioned “the appalling sexual abuse,” deficiencies in refugee policy and that Swedes living in different realities.

– the Left is needed in the gap between those who perceive Sweden as unsafe and the government’s glossy image of Sweden to create a society where everyone is part of the good.