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Mattias Kärrholm

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Corona hotar förvärra svenska bostadskrisen : 108 forskare: Sveriges regering och kommuner måste förhindra en katastrof

Corona threatens to aggravate the Swedish housing crisis

Author

  • Anders Lund Hansen
  • Eric Clark
  • Verner Denvall
  • Ilia Farahani
  • Lovisa Häckner Posse
  • Marcus Knutagård
  • Arne Kristiansen
  • Mattias Kärrholm
  • Jesper Magnusson
  • Norma Montesino
  • Alexandru Panican
  • Ingrid Sahlin
  • Hans Swärd
  • Monica Larsson
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Summary, in English

DEBATE. Far from everyone who lives in Sweden has a secure housing situation. According to the National Board of Health and Welfare's latest national survey of 2017, there are about 33,000 homeless people in the country. A significant proportion of them are children. Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, many households are now threatened by unemployment and a deteriorating economy. If the state and municipalities do not act resolutely, there is an imminent risk that the housing crisis will deepen with devastating consequences for the individual as well as for society at large.

Department/s

  • Department of Human Geography
  • School of Social Work
  • Department of Law
  • Department of Architecture and Built Environment

Publishing year

2020-03-30

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Aftonbladet

Document type

Newspaper article

Publisher

Aftonbladet Hierta AB

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Keywords

  • Housing
  • Covid 19
  • Housing crisis

Status

Published

Project

  • Public space. Governing the Narcotic City.Imaginaries, Practices and Discourses of Public Drug Cultures in European Cities from 1970 until Today
  • International Collaborative for Critical Analyses of Neoliberalism
  • CRitical Urban Sustainability Hub (FORMAS Strong Research Environment)
  • Collaborative Housing in a Pandemic Era: cross-country inter- and transdisciplinary evaluation, innovative approaches, human rights-based policy recommendations and capacity building

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1103-9000