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The right to stay put: Resistance and organizing in the wake of changing housing policies in Sweden

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Radical Housing Journal

DOI: 10.54825/mkvm1056

Authors: Allt åt alla Malmö, Jennie Gustafsson, Elof Hellström, Åse Richard, Scott Springfeldt

Institutions: Uppsala University, Södertörn University, Stockholm University

Language: English

Topic: Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3212955424