> Despite its complex challenges, Sweden is in a better position on housing than many other EU countries.
Would be interesting to compare it to the USA too.
The struggles people are having finding an affordable apartment in a desirable neighborhood in Sweden's biggest city's seems pretty familiar to struggles people go through in the USA. Which to the extent that's true means that Sweden's attempt to use very different political-economic mechanics to get out of that haven't worked as well as planned, but it doens't necessarily mean they are worse off. There might be different winners and losers and trade-offs between the different approaches, would be interesting to delve into it more than just "people still have a hard time finding affordable housing in Sweden's big cities", which at that general level seems a true statement almost everywhere.
Would be interesting to compare it to the USA too.
The struggles people are having finding an affordable apartment in a desirable neighborhood in Sweden's biggest city's seems pretty familiar to struggles people go through in the USA. Which to the extent that's true means that Sweden's attempt to use very different political-economic mechanics to get out of that haven't worked as well as planned, but it doens't necessarily mean they are worse off. There might be different winners and losers and trade-offs between the different approaches, would be interesting to delve into it more than just "people still have a hard time finding affordable housing in Sweden's big cities", which at that general level seems a true statement almost everywhere.