Features · Power & Consequence · Published 6 August 2026

Sweden wants housing boards to decide who is too risky to live there. DO warns that could discriminate

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Updated 16:41 · 2 min read

**Apartment blocks in Södermalm, Stockholm. The bill concerns housing-cooperative homes across Sweden..** Image: Photo: Øyvind Holmstad/Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sweden’s government wants housing co-operative boards to gain broader power to reject buyers and, in some cases, force owners to leave because of crime or serious misconduct. The Equality Ombudsman says the discretion could turn suspicion and stereotypes into housing decisions.

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