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Your Sublet Can End Before Your Right to Reclaim Excess Rent

Former tenants of sublet rental flats may still be able to recover excessive rent. The application deadline can arrive while you are settling into your next home.

By DailySweden9 September 20262 min read
Red and white HOUSE FOR RENT sign on a lawn beside a wooden house.
Ivan S

Moving out of a sublet rental flat in Sweden does not necessarily end your opportunity to challenge excessive rent. A former tenant can seek repayment, but the deadline runs separately from the period of rent the tribunal can examine.

This route concerns subletting a hyresrätt, an apartment held under a rental tenancy. Do not apply the same calculation automatically to an

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