Journal articles: 'Housing policy – Sweden'

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Lundqvist, Lennart J., Ingemar Elander, and Berth Danermark. "Housing policy in Sweden - still a success story?" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 14, no. 3 (September 1990): 445–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.1990.tb00150.x.

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Elander, Ingemar. "Policy communities, public housing and area improvement in Sweden." International Journal of Public Administration 17, no. 10 (January 1994): 1789–823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900699408524965.

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Elander, Ingemar. "Policy Networks and Housing Regeneration in England and Sweden." Urban Studies 32, no. 6 (June 1995): 913–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420989550012717.

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Oplotnik, Tjaša. "Institutional Environment and Housing Conditions in the European Union." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 6, no. 3 (September 2, 2009): 287–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/56.

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There is no housing policy at the level of the European Union. Therefore, it is the domain of national options. There are also big differences between individual Member States. Despite that, the basic feature of the housing policies has been privatisation in most European countries over the last twenty years. It means transferring the responsibility for housing provision from the state to the market and formation of financial networks within which an individual can provide his or her housing. In nearly all EU Member States, including Slovenia, a major volume of selective allocation of housing construction for the market and a higher level of housing quality are noticeable. The purpose of this paper is to present the housing policies and the housing market conditions in Slovenia, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden and Spain. On the basis of the comparative analysis of the selected countries, we tried to present characteristics, differences or similarities in the housing standard. They are reflected in the quality, availability and accessibility of the housing stock. KEY WORDS: • housing market • housing policy • quality • availability • accessibility • housing stock • Slovenia • Great Britain • Germany • Sweden • Spain

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Granath Hansson, Anna. "Inclusionary housing policies in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Stuttgart, Germany." Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research 14, no. 1 (March 18, 2019): 7–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.30672/njsr.75140.

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Affordable housing shortage and concerns about social and income segregation have become a focal point of housing policy debate in many Western countries, and inclusionary housing policies (IH) have become widespread. IH is a term that summarizes municipal ambitions to spur the inclusion of affordable housing in otherwise market-rate projects through development restrictions. This article investigates IH policy objectives and outcomes of policies applied by the German city of Stuttgart and a Swedish pilot project in the city of Gothenburg. Although IH policies in the two countries generally have very similar objectives and incentive structures, underlying slow-moving institutions decide fundamental traits of the fast-moving institution of IH. In the Swedish case, allocation methods of low-rent apartments under the unitary housing system might prevent targeted polices such as IH from functioning as intended. In the German case, IH is integrated into the existing social and affordable housing system. Therefore its social objectives are not contested, although the limitation of private property rights and the incentive structures of developers are bound to be discussed. Irrespective of the housing system, the extent of public land ownership might also be a decisive factor in whether to implement IH policies or not. In Stuttgart, where public land ownership is limited, IH policies might be an effective way to produce affordable housing, as alternatives, including finding inexpensive land for public production, are limited. As Gothenburg municipality owns most of the land available for housing development, has a planning monopoly and public housing companies with good financial standing, it might find other, quicker and possibly less costly, ways to develop affordable housing than applying IH, especially if it is implemented mainly through public investors.

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Elander, Ingemar, and Annika SchÉEle. "Evaluating Housing Renewal Policy in Sweden: An Interest-Oriented Approach." Journal of Urban Affairs 11, no. 4 (December 1989): 397–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9906.1989.tb00202.x.

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Kemeny, Jim. "International conference on housing policy research, Gävle, Sweden, July 1986." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 11, no. 1 (March 1987): 121–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.1987.tb00041.x.

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Alwehab, Abdelwehab, and Mohammed Qasim Abdul Ghafoor Al Ani. "An inductive perspective of Singapore Housing Policy: a Comparative Study." Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum 21, no. 4 (December 14, 2022): 479–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/aspal.7516.

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The housing market in Singapore has observed extensive development and growth over the pastyears due to the validation of favourable economic, lawful, social, civilized, and political policies.housing and Development Board is the managerial organization that responsible for the developmentand improvement of the housing area in Singapore. In Singapore, above 80% of its citizens ownhomes, apartments, hostels and flats. Singapore has also set up economic facilities such as the CentralProvident Fund (CPF) to provide loan to its citizens at a lower interest rate to acquire houses andapartments. Favourable housing policies have also enabled the development and growth of otherhousing industries in other developed economies such as the UK, USA, Sweden, and Poland.

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Danermark, Berth. "Housing renewal policy in Sweden and health consequences among the aged." Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research 4, no. 3 (January 1987): 199–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02815738708730134.

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Sula, Migena, Krushna Mahapatra, and Brijesh Mainali. "Addressing housing shortage through energy and space-efficient retrofitting: The case study of a Swedish Single-Family house." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1085, no. 1 (September 1, 2022): 012038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012038.

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Abstract Sweden's shortage of affordable housing has been evolving into a major in recent years. A 2021 report by the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building, and Planning (Boverket) stated a need for 60,000 new homes by 2030. In addition, the Swedish building stock is responsible for 39% of the country's total energy consumption and 21% of its greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, solutions to address the housing crisis should go hand in hand with the need for increased building retrofits to meet Sweden's 2045 energy and climate targets. In this context, re-densification of the existing building stock is a possible option. This study examines possible space- and energy-efficient options for densifying the housing supply in Sweden's existing single-family home (SFH) segment. Using a case study in Kronoberg, Sweden, occupied by an elderly household, options for converting the unused space into new additional dwelling units (ADUs) and reducing per capita living space are explored. Most SFHs in Sweden are old, in poor condition, and in urgent need of structural and energy retrofits. In addition, about one- third of homeowners are over 60 years old and report living in homes that are too large compared to their needs - an excellent environment to study the proposed intervention. Revenues from renting the newly created ADUs suggest that the proposal is financially attractive because it capitalizes on the high initial investment costs of energy retrofits. In addition, spatial interventions combined with energy-efficient measures result in a 40 percent lower energy use and environmental impact per capita compared to energy retrofits alone due to a reduction in per capita living space. Finally, the study aims to initiate a discussion on sufficiency, innovative energy regulations, and housing policy tools needed to transition to the low-energy single-family housing stock.

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Eriksson, Erik, Steven Schmidt, and Maya Kylén. "Reasoning About Life Transitions in Relation to Perceived Housing: In-Depth Data From Sweden." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 442–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1717.

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Abstract The accessibility and suitability of housing to improve health and well-being for the growing share of older adults in the population has important policy implications. Yet, current housing policies tend to neglect the heterogeneity of older adults housing needs which vary across age, health, and personal preferences. Little is known about how life transitions in combination with perceived housing relates to good aging. This qualitative study aims to explore the relationship between perceived housing, life transitions, well-being, health, and participation in older age. Participants were community-dwelling and aged 65-75 years. All participants reported multiple transitions considered as important for the way they viewed their housing situation and social relationships as well as for the choices they made around their housing. The findings from this project may be used to develop health promotion programs that proactively support housing decisions along the process of ageing and enable full participation in society.

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GANAPATI, SUKUMAR. "Enabling Housing Cooperatives: Policy Lessons from Sweden, India and the United States." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 34, no. 2 (May 6, 2010): 365–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00906.x.

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Vogel, Joachim. "Urban segregation in Sweden housing policy, housing markets, and the spacial distribution of households in metropolitan areas." Social Indicators Research 27, no. 2 (September 1992): 139–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00300558.

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Elander, I., T. Strömberg, B. Danermark, and B. Söderfeldt. "Locality Research and Comparative Analysis: The Case of Local Housing Policy in Sweden." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 23, no. 2 (February 1991): 179–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a230179.

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Darbar, Salim M., and Xiaoyong Wu. "Experiences with Macroprudential Policy — Five Case Studies." Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy 07, no. 03 (September 26, 2016): 1650014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793993316500149.

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This paper presents case studies of macroprudential policy in five jurisdictions (Hong Kong SAR, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, and Sweden). The case studies describe the institutional framework, its evolution, the use of macroprudential tools, and the circumstances under which the tools have been used. The paper shows how macroprudential policy is conducted under a heterogeneous set of institutional frameworks. In all cases, macroprudential tools have been used to address risks in the housing market. In addition, some of them have moved to enhance the resilience of their banks to more general cyclical and structural risks.

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Aidukaitė, Jolanta. "Būsto politika skirtinguose gerovės modeliuose." Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas 33, no. 2 (January 1, 2013): 304–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/socmintvei.2013.2.3799.

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Santrauka. Straipsnis siekia ištirti būsto politiką skirtinguose gerovės valstybės modeliuose, įtraukiant į būsto modelių klasifikaciją ir naująsias Europos Sąjungos šalis iš Vidurio ir Rytų Europos. Gilesnei analizei pasirenkamos šešios šalys, geriausiai atstovaujančios idealius gerovės valstybės modelius: Švedija – socialdemokratinį, Vokietija – konservatyvųjį-korporatyvinį, Jungtinė Karalystė – liberalųjį, Ispanija – Pietų Europos, Čekija ir Estija – pokomunistinį. Analizė atskleidė, kad nepaisant panašių tendencijų būsto liberalizavimo link, šalys iki šiol išlaiko tik joms būdingus bruožus, o konceptualūs būsto politikos modeliai, atitinkantys gerovės valstybės modelius, iki šiol atspindi realias juos atstovaujančių šalių būsto politikos sistemas. Pagrindiniai žodžiai: būsto politika, gerovės valstybė, būsto politikos modeliai, dekomodifikacija, Vidurio ir Rytų Europa Key words: housing policy, welfare state, housing policy models, de-commodification, Central and Eastern Europe. ABSTRACT HOUSING POLICY IN DIFFERENCE WELFARE STATE REGIMES This article seeks to explore housing policy in different welfare state regimes. It incorporates into the analysis of housing policy and welfare state regimes some new EU countries from Central and Eastern Europe. Six countries are chosen, which represent most the ideal typical models of the welfare state, for deeper analysis: Sweden - social-democratic, Germany - conservative-corporatist, the United Kingdom - liberal, Spain – Southern European, the Czech Republic and Estonia - post-communist. The findings of this paper show that, despite similar trends towards the liberalization in the housing policy field, the countries analysed in this study still hold their own specific features, which coincide with the main features of the conceptual models of the housing policy and welfare state regimes. The post-communist housing policy model holds the following characteristics: the private ownership dominates the housing tenure; the market regulates the housing sector, state’s regulation is negligible; construction is carried by the large private companies; outdated and worn-out housing estates, built during the period of socialism, require complete renovation or demolition. Pastaba. Straipsnis parengtas pagal Lietuvos mokslo tarybos finansuojamą projektą Būsto politika Lietuvoje: raida, problemos ir pilietinės iniciatyvos. Projekto numeris LMT SIN-18/2012.

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Gunnarsson-Östling, Ulrika. "Housing Design and Mobility Convenience—The Case of Sweden." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 6, 2021): 474. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020474.

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A parking space is the beginning and the end of every car journey. Policies aimed at parking spaces are, thus, an effective way of affecting car travel. Policies regarding parking typically mean setting minimum parking requirements to meet the peak demand for parking. However, in several Swedish cities, as well as around Europe, attempts are made to lower the number of parking places. One way is to build homes without parking places for cars and pilot projects with zero-parking have started to materialize. This paper looks into the academic literature in the field of design and architecture to see how parking issues are dealt with. It also looks into ongoing practice by studying three pilot projects in Sweden that challenge the dominant parking norm by planning and building for a new normal—mobility convenience and zero parking. Both the literature and the cases point to little knowledge in the field. However, high demands on “creative mobility solutions” are placed on housing projects without parking places for cars. Even if the effects of sustainability are still unknown, zero parking pilot projects can narrate the possibility of another future—a future with mobility convenience instead of parking convenience.

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Stroh, Emilie, Anna Axmon, Connie Lethin, Gunilla Carlsson, Agneta Malmgren Fänge, and Kristoffer Mattisson. "Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Use of Formal Social Services in an Older Swedish Population." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19 (September 30, 2022): 12526. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912526.

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Background: In Sweden, societal support for older people is the responsibility of the municipalities. However, due to Sweden’s current aging-in-place policy for older people, there is a need to assess how the use of such services varies based on sociodemographic factors. The aim of this study was to describe the use of different forms of social services and institutional long-term care (ILTC) in an older population and to evaluate the impact of sociodemographic factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional register-based study, including all individuals aged 65 years and older in two Swedish municipalities in 2010, 2015, and 2019. The study analyzed the use of social services and ILTC in relation to sex, place of birth, cohabitation status, and type of housing. Results: Women, those born in Sweden, and those living in an apartment were more likely to receive assistance than men, those born abroad, or living in single family houses, respectively. People living alone were consistently more likely to have assistance, as well as ILTC. Conclusions: There may be a discrepancy between the individual’s need and the assistance provided from the municipality in certain sociodemographic groups in the older population in Sweden.

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von Platten, Jenny, Karl de Fine Licht, Mikael Mangold, and Kristina Mjörnell. "Renovating on Unequal Premises: A Normative Framework for a Just Renovation Wave in Swedish Multifamily Housing." Energies 14, no. 19 (September 23, 2021): 6054. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14196054.

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While the energy transition of the EU housing stock is now being intensified with the launch of the Renovation Wave, economic inequalities are increasing in many OECD countries, which has effects on housing-related inequalities and the demand of affordable housing. The Renovation Wave is thus an opportunity to improve housing quality for low-income households, but also entails risks for increased rents. In Sweden, the standard of housing is relatively high and energy poverty in multifamily housing is rare, meaning that there are limited social benefits to be achieved from extensive energy retrofitting; moreover, Sweden lacks a social housing sector, which limits protection of the worst-off residents. This paper thus explores whether the limited social benefits of the Renovation Wave weigh up against the risks that it entails for the worst-off in the Swedish context. This is done within a normative framework for just energy transitioning that is developed within the context of the Renovation Wave and increasing economic inequalities, consisting of four ordered principles: (1) The equal treatment principle; (2) The priority principle; (3) The efficiency principle; and (4) The principle of procedural fairness. Analysis showed that to be considered just according to our framework, the Swedish energy transition of housing should, in contradistinction to what is suggested in the Renovation Wave, limit the imposition of extensive energy retrofitting in low-income areas. Finally, having identified a mismatch between the most effective approaches in terms of energy savings and the most acceptable approaches in terms of social justice, we offer policy recommendations on how to bridge this mismatch in a Swedish context.

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Gustafsson, Jennie, Elof Hellström, Åse Richard, and Scott Springfeldt. "The right to stay put: Resistance and organizing in the wake of changing housing policies in Sweden." Radical Housing Journal 1, no. 2 (September 23, 2019): 191–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.54825/mkvm1056.

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Tenants in Sweden increasingly face rising rents and displacement due to decades of ongoing housing deregulation. In this text, we explore different manifestations of these injustices, and reflect upon consequences and responses as they crystalize locally. By visiting the three cities of Stockholm, Malmö and Uppsala, we highlight three different examples of how tenants respond and formulate protests vis-a-vis privatization through tenure conversion (Stockholm), gentrification spurred by private rental actors (Malmö) and battles over green space and displacement in the rental housing stock (Uppsala). These vignettes exemplify how policy changes play out in different local settings and illustrate how resistance manifests itself on the ground.

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Stenius, Kerstin. "Finnish-born and Swedish-born patients in the Stockholm county health-based addiction treatment system." Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 20, no. 2-3 (February 2003): 145–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072503020002-314.

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Even though the Finnish and Swedish alcohol cultures and societies are very similar, Finns have a reputation for drinking more heavily than Swedes. Earlier research in Sweden has shown that Finnish immigrants in Sweden experience more health problems and more alcohol related deaths than Swedes. Research results concerning their treatment consumption have been contradictory. Based on interviews with 942 persons entering the health-based addiction treatment system in Stockholm county between November 2000 and November 2001, this article sets out to study to what extent the patients that were born in Finland (N = 82) differ from those born in Sweden (N = 771). It also examines to what extent the Finnish-born differ from Swedes if you control for work position as a sign of social status, and main drug use (alcohol or illegal drugs). The data consists of structured interviews, conducted by trained interviewers in the research project. The results are presented as distributions and correlations tested with Pearson Chi2. In order to be able to say to what extent the problems of the Finnish born were related to their particular immigrant position compared to social status, a weighted sample of Swedes was constructed, using the variables “most common or last work position” and “main drug as reason for coming to treatment (alcohol or illicit drugs)”. The results showed that the Finnish born patients were overrepresented in treatment. This could largely, but not fully, be explained by their social position and age structure. The Finnish-born were a much more homogeneous group than the Swedes as they were mostly male and workers, and predominantly treated for their alcohol problems. They had a more problematic housing situation than comparable Swedes. Their alcohol consumption was somewhat higher than among comparable Swedish patients, and they had experienced some more symptoms of dependency and negative consequences of drinking, particularly those associated with health issues. They had more treatment experiences during the year before this treatment round, but not more days in treatment. Their attitudes to drinking and drug problems, and to treatment in general, as far as attitudes and expectations were concerned, seemed rather positive and very similar to the Swedish patients, however. The fact that they received a lot of treatment but shorter treatment contacts than comparable Swedes might indicate that the Swedish system has not been able to meet their needs particularly well.

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Henning, Cecilia, Ulla Åhnby, and Stefan Österström. "Senior Housing in Sweden: A New Concept for Aging in Place." Social Work in Public Health 24, no. 3 (March 2, 2009): 235–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19371910802595307.

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Wikström, Britt-Maj. "Congregate Housing for Old People: The Importance of the Physical Environment." Australian Journal of Primary Health 13, no. 3 (2007): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py07042.

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In Sweden, congregate housing units for elderly people are in a dynamic transition. Reforms emphasise the right of continued integrity and respect when an older person needs service and support in their daily life. With older people's experiences of living in a congregate housing unit, important qualities of the physical environment and of practices and ideology of nursing were examined. Using a random selection from 30 congregate housing units, 59 residents were asked to participate in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were taped and analysed qualitatively. The results showed that residents regarded security and a flat of their own as unconditionally the most important features of a congregate housing unit. Security was provided by health professionals, nurses and nurses' assistants. An important aspect of the outdoor environment expressed by the elderly residents was to have access to a green spot and benches to rest on.

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Polanska, Dominika V., and Åse Richard. "Narratives of a Fractured Trust in the Swedish Model: Tenants’ Emotions of Renovation." Culture Unbound 11, no. 1 (April 12, 2019): 141–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.2019111141.

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Research shows there is a current wave of housing renovation in Swedish cities, where private as well as public rental housing companies use “renoviction,” or displacement through renovation, as a profit-driven strategy. This article focuses on emotions and renoviction, in particular the emotions of tenants currently facing forced renovations, in Sweden. We discuss how power is reproduced and questioned, and illustrate methods used by housing companies to carry out extensive renovation. The following questions have guided our analysis: What kinds of emotions are evoked among tenants experiencing an extensive, top-down and costly renovation? What particular injustices and violations are identified by the tenants in this situation? How can these violations be understood in relation to the current housing policy? Our research is qualitative and builds on semi-structured interviews with tenants as well as extensive ethnographic work in a neighborhood undergoing renovation, followed by steeply increased rents. We use the metaphor of “fractured trust” to conceptualize the emotional reaction of tenants, and argue that citizens´ trust in the Swedish welfare system is being broken locally, in the wake of ongoing top-down renovation processes, by use of a rationality that does not take into consideration tenants’ perspectives and needs. We conclude that anxiety, angst, anger, and loss, attached together in a common feeling of shock, were the most prevalent emotions expressed and were described by tenants as a response to unfair treatment. In the interviews, a complex set of violations performed by the housing company in a renoviction neighborhood is brought to the forefront here, and set in this context of systemic violence exerted against tenants in contemporary Sweden.

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Kulander, Maria. "Moving later in life – preferences and opportunity." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 11, no. 5 (October 1, 2018): 852–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-02-2018-0012.

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Purpose Statistics from Eurostat show that several European countries have an increasing proportion of elderly people, making their housing situation of increasing interest. For many years, it has been policy in Sweden to help elderly people remain in their current homes for as long as possible. This paper aims to find reasons why people want to move at different stages in life and investigate whether the pattern follows the life cycle in housing. Earlier research has been performed in the USA (Gibler and Clements III, 2011) and in China (Jia and Heath, 2016), but these questions remain understudied in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach A model of the demand for adapted houses is designed and tested on data gathered in Gävle in 2012. The method uses a binary choice model with stated preference data. Findings The results of this study show that earlier preferences and age determine the future living situation, but that senior living (rental or condominium) is most popular as a future home. Practical implications Not everyone has the economic resources to move according to their preferences; reasons include high monthly costs and taxes. Changes in the tax system may produce better moving chains and increase the supply of affordable housing. Originality/value The model in this paper could guide future studies within the area.

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Stepanova, Olga, and Magdalena Romanov. "Urban Planning as a Strategy to Implement Social Sustainability Policy Goals? The Case of Temporary Housing for Immigrants in Gothenburg, Sweden." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (February 5, 2021): 1720. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041720.

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Planning is one of the envisioned strategies for reaching policy goals of urban social sustainability. However, the practical realization of this vision faces a number of challenges not least due to conflicts of interests and goals that arise in the planning process. There also seems to be a lack of understanding of the relationship between formal planning and social sustainability goals that are often normative and visionary. In order to bridge this knowledge gap, this paper investigates how urban social sustainability can be implemented in urban planning in the context of conflicts of interests and goals. In particular, we explore two questions: (i) whether and how planning procedures are interconnected with local policy goals for social sustainability; (ii) whether and how conflict affects the implementation of these goals through planning. The paper presents a qualitative case study of planning of temporary housing for immigrants in Gothenburg, Sweden, where a conflict of interests developed in conjunction with the planning. The local social sustainability goals are operationalized through the specific sub-goals of accessible and more equal living conditions, distribution of and equal access to housing for all groups in the community, and reduced social and ethnic segregation and discrimination in regard to housing. We identify shortcomings in the integration of local urban social sustainability goals into planning procedures and find that conflicts of interests as well as conflicts of priorities within and between the policy goals complicate their integration into formal planning procedures. More attention needs to be given to improved operationalization of the questions of priority and conflict resolution, both in planning and in urban social sustainability policy, if planning is to be considered a viable strategy for implementation of social sustainability goals.

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Granath Hansson, Anna. "Promoting planning for housing development: What can Sweden learn from Germany?" Land Use Policy 64 (May 2017): 470–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.03.012.

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Park, Jung Hun, Keun Young Park, and Kyung Soo Sim. "A Comparative Study on the Housing Policy for the Aged in Germany, the UK and Sweden." Journal of Humanities and Social sciences 21 8, no. 4 (August 30, 2017): 1175–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22143/hss21.8.4.60.

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Wilhelmsson, Mats. "Energy Performance Certificates and Its Capitalization in Housing Values in Sweden." Sustainability 11, no. 21 (November 2, 2019): 6101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11216101.

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The impact on energy performance certificates on housing prices has been investigated extensively in recent years. However, the results of these investigations are mixed. We add to the literature by more specifically controlling for potential biases, by employing a combination of alternative approaches to estimate the causal relationship between house prices and energy performance certificates. We use a traditional hedonic modeling approach, but we additionally employ propensity score methods to be able to compare treated houses with a control group. We also investigate the impact of the outliers, spatial dependency, and parameter heterogeneity of our estimates. Moreover, we use the quantile regression technique to test the hypothesis that the capitalization effect varies across the price distribution. Our results, analyzing more than 100,000 observations, indicate there is an upward bias if one is not controlling for outlier and selection bias. Regardless of the propensity score method approach, the results are lower than a model (around 3 percent capitalization, compared to 6 percent). However, our results do not support that the impact of energy performance certificates varies in the price distribution. Consequently, the certificates are not differently capitalized in the high-end housing price segment. Finally, our results support the hypothesis that the energy performance certificate should be more capitalized into house prices in the northern and colder parts of Sweden than in the southern regions.

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Mjörnell, Kristina, Paula Femenías, and Kerstin Annadotter. "Renovation Strategies for Multi-Residential Buildings from the Record Years in Sweden—Profit-Driven or Socioeconomically Responsible?" Sustainability 11, no. 24 (December 7, 2019): 6988. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11246988.

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An important part of the multi-family housing stock in Sweden was built during the record years 1961–1975 and is in need of extensive renovation to be modernized. The stock is also at the center of political discussion of how to sustain ‘good housing for all’, especially in the rental sector. These renovation needs coincide with present energy targets and provides an opportunity to combine renovation with energy efficiency measures. Common for many of these buildings are that neglected maintenance has led to technical shortcomings, such as high energy use and low thermal comfort due to bad insulation, unsatisfactory air tightness and leaky windows, inefficient heating systems and insufficient ventilation, and moisture damage due to leaking building envelope and leaking pipes. However, the people living in these buildings are not willing to or cannot afford to pay the higher rents that extensive renovations would entail. Earlier research has highlighted the broader societal problem of energy renovations, but also that of housing companies’ priority of measures with short payback times, and those that give the possibility to raise rents. However, recent observations indicated a tendency towards more holistic approaches to housing renovation, and this study was initiated to investigate how public and private housing companies deal with renovation levels, rent increases and related social problems. The main conclusions are that sustainability and social responsibility are moving up on agendas in the public sector, but also, apparently, in the renovations strategies among the private companies. What is also seen is a trend moving from extensive total renovations to more tenant-adapted and step-by-step renovations. Renovation options which do not entail such large rent increases are increasingly being seen. Implications are that housing owners favor gentle renovation with reasonable rent increases of 10%–20%, which at the same time, may be a drawback for reaching energy efficiency targets.

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Chen, Jie. "The Dynamics of Housing Allowance Claims in Sweden: A Discrete Time-Hazard Analysis." European Journal of Housing Policy 6, no. 1 (April 2006): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/146167106005855708.

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Elander, Ingemar, and Thord Strömberg. "Whatever Happened to Social Democracy and Planning? The case of local land and housing policy in Sweden." Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research 9, sup2 (January 1992): 105–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02815737.1992.10801446.

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Westlund, Hans. "An Unplanned Green Wave: Settlement Patterns in Sweden during the 1990s." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 34, no. 8 (August 2002): 1395–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a3358.

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This study focuses on the population changes in the countryside and in urban centres within the municipalities of Sweden outside the metropolitan areas, between 1990 and 1997. Overall, the countryside showed a higher population increase than the municipality centres. Smaller population centres suffered a population decline. The increase in population in the countryside was strongest in areas surrounding the metropolises and around regional centres. Statistical analysis showed that population change outside population centres mainly varies with the average income, labour-market access, and taxation values or housing costs in the municipalities. This process of change has run directly counter to the policy that was formulated for small municipalities from the end of the 1960s onwards. The growth in rural population was spontaneous for the most part, and more or less in conflict with the plans of the municipalities.

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Lindblad, Fredrik. "Växjö Municipality’s Planning Strategy to Increase the Construction of Wooden Multi-Family Buildings." Sustainability 12, no. 12 (June 16, 2020): 4915. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12124915.

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Sweden has a housing shortage, which the Swedish authorities expect to continue until 2025. Producers of wooden multi-family buildings have a relatively small market share in comparison to traditional building materials. The limited capacity to fulfil the increased building demand also restricts the possibilities for development towards innovation, bio-economy and sustainability. The municipalities in Sweden have responsibility for the planning of the building development in their region based on their projected requirements and strategies. Combining this with a desire to develop sustainable building solutions based on wood increases the complexity. Currently, public building developments are achieved through the public procurement act or the land allocation activity, dependent on their development strategy. This normally involves the development of local strategies regarding, for example, design, material choice and geographical development. This study aims to identify drivers that will enable improved market activities related to actions in public building initiatives using wood-based solutions, which is conducted by studying a specific building project managed by the Växjö Municipality in Sweden. The result indicates that improved transparency in the land allocation activity generates possibilities for developers to respond successfully to the requests submitted by the municipalities, and thus, increase the possible use of sustainable building methods using wood. This knowledge improves the understanding of the required strategic development for the companies, the government and the municipalities, to increase the use of sustainable building materials in Swedish multi-family housing projects.

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Derakhti, Laleh, and Guy Baeten. "Contradictions of Transit-Oriented Development in Low-Income Neighborhoods: The Case Study of Rosengård in Malmö, Sweden." Urban Science 4, no. 2 (April 25, 2020): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci4020020.

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Transit-oriented development (TOD) has become a leading model of urban planning worldwide that promises to meet a broad range of local and regional objectives: improving mobility, expanding ridership, attracting investment, reducing urban poverty, improving quality of life, making affordable housing and fostering urban integration. At the same time, the implementation of TOD in many cities has raised concerns about gentrification, displacement, re-segregation, and more polarization. This article aims to shed light on these issues by bringing together previously disparate literature that mentions these contradictions and discusses policymakers’ hopes and critics’ concern for the implementation of a newly started TOD project in a universal housing system in Rosengård—a segregated, low-income neighborhood in Malmö, Sweden. Although policy advocates view the project as a significant development strategy for a more sustainable Malmö, there are also real concerns about gentrification and the potential displacement of low-income residents. Furthermore, the mixed-methods study showes how integration might be achieved, but concerns have arisen about the possible exclusion of the current low-income residents, which brings up issues of inequality, representation of poverty, and marginalization.

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Sundström, Agneta, and Zahra Ahmadi. "The Mediating Role of CSR on the Market Orientation and Strategic Performance Relationship—A Study of the Public Housing Companies in Sweden." Sustainability 11, no. 6 (March 13, 2019): 1537. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11061537.

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This article serves to analyze the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on (1) the market orientation and strategic performance relationship related to public housing companies’ choice of construction strategies and (2) the companies’ responsiveness to gathered and disseminated customer information. The quantitative method is applied, with data analyzed by the PROCESS analysis. The result is based on a survey sent to 289 public housing companies in Sweden. Previous research suggests a positive relationship between market orientation and strategic performance, which was not confirmed by this study. When testing the mediation effects of CSR on the market orientation and construction strategies relationship, these hypotheses were confirmed related to social and environmental dimensions—not economic ones. This study was limited to public housing companies, a sector that radically differs from the situation of companies in the open market. The study increases public housing companies’ knowledge of CSR effects on the market orientation and strategic performance relationship. This result contributes useful information for companies implementing CSR in their activities. The study highlights the importance of integrating CSR into an organization’s market orientation work and shows how CSR improves the companies’ ability to meet customers’ strategic needs.

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Wilhelmsson, Mats. "About the Importance of Planning the Location of Recycling Stations in the Urban Context." Sustainability 14, no. 13 (June 22, 2022): 7613. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14137613.

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Recycling is essential to the circular economy and reduces the environmental impact of our consumption. Creating conditions for recycling in new residential areas is relatively easy but finding good recycling opportunities in existing residential areas is more complicated. The recycling of newspapers, plastic and glass must be relatively close to where people live; at the same time, the locations must be relatively discreet and not disturb the residents in the area. The purpose of the article is to analyse the effect of small and local recycling stations (RCSs) on the attractiveness of residential areas. This has been made possible by analysing housing values for almost 200,000 housing units near 250 RCSs in Stockholm, Sweden. Using an identification strategy that relies on postal code fixed effects, we find evidence that the proximity to RCS affects housing prices on average in both owner-occupied single-family houses and cooperative owner-occupied apartments (condominiums). The results indicate that proximity to the RCS is negatively capitalised in housing values (the effect amounts to approximately 1.3 percent of the housing values), which indicates that the city should consider this in its planning.

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Cates, Norman. "Sweden: Some Current Observations on Health Services, Housing and Resource Utilization for the Elderly." Home Health Care Services Quarterly 15, no. 1 (November 28, 1994): 73–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j027v15n01_06.

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Mjörnell, Kristina, Jenny von Platten, and Kicki Björklund. "Balancing Social and Economic Sustainability in Renovation with an Affordable Option for Tenants? A Pilot Study from Sweden." Sustainability 14, no. 7 (March 23, 2022): 3785. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14073785.

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A public housing company has applied a new renovation strategy, comprising no standards raising and thus rent-raising measures, in 20% of its apartments. Prior to renovation, the tenants were given the opportunity to choose renovation options involving different standards and costs after renovation. The purpose of the study is to follow up and give feedback on the renovation strategy. The aim was to evaluate implementation of the strategy in practice using a case study, in terms of the tenants’ opportunity to influence and the housing company’s profitability. To follow up, two methods were used: a survey of the tenants’ perception of choosing renovation options, and a financial assessment of the profitability based on the renovation cost and rent increase for different choice scenarios. The results from the survey show that the tenants appreciate being able to choose between different renovation options as it gives them the opportunity to decide on their housing costs and standard. With more than half of the tenants choosing the maintenance option involving a very low rent increase, the dividend yield will not be high enough to make the renovation profitable, but if only 20% had chosen the maintenance option, the dividend yield would be more feasible in the long run.

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Cajias, Marcelo, and Sebastian Ertl. "The sensitivity of house prices under varying monetary regimes: the Nordic scenario." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 10, no. 1 (February 6, 2017): 4–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-12-2015-0074.

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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether there are differences between the long and short-term relationship of house prices and interest rates. The elasticity of house prices to monetary policy changes, e.g. via interest rates, is from a theoretical perspective and in the long-run negative. However, house prices adapt in the short-run dynamically to economic, financial, institutional and demographic factors. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors confirm the aforementioned elasticity for the Nordic housing markets but provide evidence of drastic deviations from the negative relationship. This is done by using rolling regressions in search for time-varying betas. Findings The empirical results show that recessionary and expansionary policy regimes play a much more important role in the development of house prices in Finland, Sweden and Norway, than in Denmark. Originality/value Further, it is shown that the relationship between house prices and monetary policy is discontinuous over time, with large deviations from the long-term beta during the past decade. This holds true especially since the beginning of the financial crisis and the expansionary monetary policy in Europe.

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MIZUMURA, Hiroko. "A STUDY ON POLICY SHIFT OF HOUSING IN SWEDEN AFTER 1990'S AND CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY STATUS IN STOCKHOLM." Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) 81, no. 730 (2016): 2661–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aija.81.2661.

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Platten, J. von, M. Mangold, and K. Mjörnell. "The effect of weighting factors on income-related energy inequalities: The case of Sweden’s new building code." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2069, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012102.

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Abstract To ensure building construction with low heating demand, efficient use of sustainable energy carriers, and neutrality between heating technologies, Sweden recently introduced weighting factors (WFs) for different energy carriers which are now used in Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs). As EPC ratings are gaining increased influence in Swedish energy policy and regulation, with recent examples of buildings’ EPC rating acting as base for imperative regulatory requirements, the introduction of WFs is likely to have significant effects on how policy and regulations are distributed in the multifamily building stock. As residents often are directly or indirectly affected by policy that either impose or trigger measures to be undertaken in their building, the aim of this paper is to analyse how WFs affect the assessed energy performance of buildings in different resident income groups. The results show that overall, reduced energy performance from WFs was more common in high-income areas than in low-income areas. However, although the total number of buildings in the lowest EPC ratings was reduced after introducing WFs, the resulting income distribution among worst-performing buildings was more skewed towards low-income households than before introducing WFs. As imperative regulatory requirements previously have targeted worst-performing buildings, these results indicate that energy-related inequalities in the housing stock have become more prominent and should be considered as to not disproportionately burden low-income residents in the energy transition of the housing stock.

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Andersson, Eva, Päivi Naumanen, Hannu Ruonavaara, and Bengt Turner. "Housing, Socio-Economic Security and Risks. A Qualitative Comparison of Household Attitudes in Finland and Sweden." European Journal of Housing Policy 7, no. 2 (May 14, 2007): 151–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616710701308547.

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Eimermann, Marco, Urban Lindgren, and Linda Lundmark. "Nuancing Holistic Simplicity in Sweden: A Statistical Exploration of Consumption, Age and Gender." Sustainability 13, no. 15 (July 26, 2021): 8340. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158340.

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Studies of sustainable ways of life have hitherto made limited use of register data since, e.g., voluntary simplicity is usually identified through characteristics that cannot be found in data registers. Despite this, claims about these trends have been made in many countries, at times generalising the phenomena both in academia and media, based on anecdotal examples. This article draws on a quantifiable definition of holistic simplicity that includes certain fully measurable aspects, such as living in more affluent suburbs, moving to less affluent places and a significant reduction in individual work income. Other aspects are partially observable in register data, such as housing and car consumption. The advantage of this study is that it combines relevant theories around voluntary simplicity with register data that capture important characteristics of the entire national population (in this case, in Sweden) and thus, to some extent, also captures the magnitude of the phenomena. The article aims to statistically explore different demographic groups’ probability of becoming holistic simplifiers in Sweden, regarding their consumption, gender and age. It discusses opportunities and limitations for advancing our knowledge on voluntary simplicity in Sweden, with current findings suggesting more of the same consumption patterns and only initial paths to degrowth. This is discussed in the context of individuals’ agency in a state such as Sweden, which is changing from collectivist social democratic values to more neo-liberal conditions.

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Forsberg, Mara, and Clarice Bleil de Souza. "Implementing Regenerative Standards in Politically Green Nordic Social Welfare States: Can Sweden Adopt the Living Building Challenge?" Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 14, 2021): 738. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020738.

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This paper focuses on understanding the place for regenerative building standards within the context of politically green Nordic social welfare states. To this end, it examines the particular case of adopting the Living Building Challenge (LBC), an iconic example of regenerative design standard, in Sweden. An extensive document analysis comparing the Swedish building and planning regulations as well as the Miljöbyggnad national certification system with the LBC, shows overlaps and barriers the standard can face when adopted in the country. Barriers are validated and further discussed in interviews with one of the few architects trying to achieve a certified LBC building in Sweden and Swedish public authorities from the Boverket (Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning). Results from the document analysis and interviews show barriers to implement the LBC in Sweden are a product of a conscious political and ideological decision from the welfare state which considers infrastructure, and all its potential sustainable versions, a public good to be provided to all and funded by all. This premise contrasts with the self-sufficient approach promoted by the LBC, which in this particular aspect, can be interpreted as a threat to the welfare state.

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Bogdanenko, A. I. "Historical analysis of the scientific base of investment activity problems in housing building." Public administration aspects 6, no. 1-2 (March 31, 2018): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/1520182.

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The article is devoted to the consideration of the scientific-source basis of the issues of investment activity in housing construction. On the basis of historical analysis, the main stages of the evolution of the problems of reducing investment attractiveness in the housing market in Ukraine are determined. The foreign practice of state regulation of investment and construction processes relevant for borrowing, or refinement, in such developed countries as Ukraine, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden and the United States of America is considered. Summarizing the experience of developing mortgage lending abroad, it should be noted that mortgage lending was one of the main factors of economic development in the United States (new Roosevelt course), in Germany (post-war reforms of Erhard), in Argentina («Kovalio plan») and in Chile (Pinochet reforms). It is proved that the development of housing construction is significantly dependent on the level of development of mortgage lending, as this is one of the main sources for obtaining additional funds for the further development of construction.It is noted that the problems existing today in the housing and construction complex of the country are largely provoked by the ineffectiveness of the system of investment activity that was established even in a planned economy. The Soviet housing finance system was based on the centralized allocation of budgetary resources for the construction of public housing and its free provision to citizens who were officially recognized, in due course, in need of better housing conditions. It is concluded that the system of state construction and housing distribution inevitably led to a spiraling growth in demand for housing and stagnation of its supply, which caused a steady deficit of housing stock.The processes of stabilization, reformation and development of investment in housing construction are always experienced by all developed countries of the world. Seeking a way of output from a difficult situation, governments are pursuing a policy that should provide state financial support to construction companies and, at the same time, facilitate the wider involvement of the private sector in providing construction services, resulting in the emergence and development of a competitive construction environment in general.

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Söderberg, Inga-Lill, Misse Wester, and Agnieszka Zalejska Jonsson. "Exploring Factors Promoting Recycling Behavior in Student Housing." Sustainability 14, no. 7 (April 3, 2022): 4264. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14074264.

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As climate-related issues are important and concern all aspects of the built environment, there is a need to better understand the motives underlying household recycling behavior. The purpose of the present study is twofold: to investigate factors important for explaining the recycling behavior of young people and to explore respondents’ own ideas regarding barriers to recycling. This paper reports on a survey conducted from 2020 to 2021 among residents of student housing in Stockholm, Sweden. Eight hypotheses were formulated based on earlier research and a model was constructed. Answers from 1202 respondents were first analyzed by logistic regression to test factors affecting respondents’ self-reported recycling of paper, plastic, glass, and metal. Results show that the full model containing all predictors was statistically significant. The results showed that only four of the hypotheses were confirmed. Positive attitude toward recycling, personal norms, perceived behavioral control, and perceived convenience of recycling are positively affecting recycling behavior. In addition, 673 open answers were analyzed to provide information on unforeseen factors of importance for recycling behavior. This study adds to research by testing factors affecting recycling behaviors in a national context and by identifying new possible factors of importance. The results are also of benefit to business practitioners within the construction sector or within facility management in identifying activities that would add to sustainable development.

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Greenwood, Ronni Michelle, Rachel M. Manning, Branagh R. O'Shaughnessy, Oisin Cross, Maria J. Vargas-Moniz, Pascal Auquier, Massimo Santinello, et al. "Comparison of Housing First and Traditional Homeless Service Users in Eight European Countries: Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Multi-Site Study." JMIR Research Protocols 9, no. 2 (February 5, 2020): e14584. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/14584.

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Background Homeless services expend considerable resources to provide for service users’ most basic needs, such as food and shelter, but their track record for ending homelessness is disappointing. An alternative model, Housing First, reversed the order of services so that homeless individuals are offered immediate access to independent housing, with wraparound supports but no treatment or abstinence requirements. Although the evidence base for Housing First’s effectiveness in ending homelessness is robust, less is known about its effectiveness in promoting recovery. Objective The objective of this research is to compare rehabilitation- and recovery-related outcomes of homeless services users who are engaged in either Housing First or traditional staircase services in eight European countries: France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. Methods A mixed methods, multi-site investigation of Housing First and traditional services will compare quantitative outcomes at two time points. Key rehabilitation outcomes include stable housing and psychiatric symptoms. Key growth outcomes include community integration and acquired capabilities. Semistructured interviews will be used to examine service users’ experiences of environmental constraints and affordances on acquired capabilities to identify features of homeless services that enhance service users’ capabilities sets. Multi-level modelling will be used to test for group differences—Housing First versus traditional services—on key outcome variables. Thematic analysis will be used to understand the ways in which service users make sense of internal and external affordances and constraints on capabilities. Results The study is registered with the European Commission (registration number: H2020-SC6-REVINEQUAL-2016/ GA726997). Two press releases, a research report to the funding body, two peer-reviewed articles, and an e-book chapter are planned for dissemination of the final results. The project was funded from September 2016 through September 2019. Expected results will be disseminated in 2019 and 2020. Conclusions We will use the findings from this research to formulate recommendations for European social policy on the configuration of homeless services and the scaling up and scaling out of Housing First programs. From our findings, we will draw conclusions about the setting features that promote individuals’ exits from homelessness, rehabilitation, and recovery. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR1-10.2196/14584

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Suryani, Desak Sinta Putu, and Abdul Razaq Cangara. "National Identity and Migration Policy Dynamics: Analysing the Effect of Swedish National Identity on Its Granting Asylum Policy to Syrian Refugees in 2013." Hasanuddin Journal of Strategic and International Studies (HJSIS) 1, no. 1 (December 28, 2022): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.20956/hjsis.v1i1.24804.

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The Syrian conflict in 2011 has inevitably led to the massive forced migration of asylum seekers and refugees. Most of them fled to neighbouring and several countries in Europe. As a result of the European Union (EU) 's open border policy, their influx into Europe was reckoned a problem for many European countries due to increasing crimes and threats to its members' national security. Some European Union countries chose to be cautious by refusing or only providing financial assistance. Contrastingly, as an EU member state, Sweden received thousands of Syrian refugees until 2013. On October 3, 2013, the Swedish government announced an asylum policy of guaranteed housing provision and the right to bring families to Syrian asylum seekers until they obtain UNHCR refugee status. Such granting asylum policy to Syrian refugees shows differences in the identity of social security construction both in the society and its decision-makers compared to other EU countries. This article exposes the identity influence on the Swedish government's decision to grant asylum to Syrian refugees in 2013. This article employs the "aspirational constructivism" theory by Anne Clunan, arguing that a state's policy is based on a national identity sourced from society's historical reflections and the political elite's future aspirations. This article finds that Swedish society's history experienced cultural homogenization, known as a multicultural country, and the Social-Democracy and folkhemmet ("Home for the People") idea of the political elites resulted in the granting of asylum policy to Syrian refugees in October 2013.

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Fahlstrom, Gunilla, and Kitty Kamwendo. "Increased physiotherapy in sheltered housing in Sweden: a study of structure and process in elderly care." Health and Social Care in the Community 11, no. 6 (November 2003): 470–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2524.2003.00452.x.

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