Strategies to Prevent Affordable Properties from Turning into Expensive Dwellings

S, V, MP and C aim to make it harder for property owners in Gothenburg to turn inexpensive premises into pricey housing, with the goal of preserving urban life. However, the idea of the municipality having to closely monitor property owners is controversial. Hampus Magnusson (M) describes it as “pure and simple socialism.” An image accompanying the article shows politicians discussing the matter.

S, V, MP and C want to make it more difficult for property owners to blow up homes at street level. From now on, every case will be tried at a political level instead of by the civil servants. Picture: Meli Petersson Ellafi

GothenburgS, V, MP and C want to make it more difficult for property owners to convert cheap premises into expensive housing in order to preserve urban life in Gothenburg.
But the fact that the municipality must step in and control property owners in detail also arouses strong reactions.
– For us, it is pure and simple socialism, says Hampus Magnusson (M).