https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The government has secured backing from the Social Democrats on a reworked proposal for a new housing law extending the rights of tenant-owners to sublet their properties. https://www.thelocal.se/20130704/48872 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:15:00 +0200 48872 Tenant-owner associations are set to be given the right to charge flat owners a fee for renting out their flats, according to proposals agreed between the government and interest organisations. https://www.thelocal.se/20130621/48628 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:02:00 +0200 48628 A Swedish man who responded to his neighbours’ requests that he turn his music down by pointing a gun at them has been allowed to stay in the building, despite the potential exodus of the other residents. https://www.thelocal.se/20120306/39514 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:38:00 +0100 39514 A tenant in Gothenburg has been fined over 30,000 kronor ($4,660) for carrying out shoddy and unfinished painting work and for choosing the wrong shade of green for his bedroom. https://www.thelocal.se/20110810/35456 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:07:00 +0200 35456 The Swedish Union of Tenants (Hyresgästföreningen) has come up with a "blacklist" of Sweden's worst landlords in its member magazine after asking its lawyers for nominations from each of the country's regions. https://www.thelocal.se/20110125/31636 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:01:00 +0100 31636 An increasing number of tenant-owner occupiers are being evicted from their properties, with a 107 cases reported in 2010 to date. https://www.thelocal.se/20101108/30096 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:46:00 +0100 30096 Housing rents in Sweden increased by an average 1.6 percent in 2010, down from a 3.3 percent rise in 2009 with an average two bedroom apartment costing an average of 5,644 kronor ($844) per month. https://www.thelocal.se/20101001/29368 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:32:00 +0200 29368 An apartment currently up for sale in Stockholm comes fully equipped with the current tenant, who is refusing to budge. https://www.thelocal.se/20080812/13644 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:57:00 +0200 13644 A tenant who refused to move from the apartment he was sub-letting in Malmö has been given the right to stay by the enforcement service (Kronofogdemyndigheten). https://www.thelocal.se/20080716/13088 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:05:00 +0200 13088