BOSTADSFÖRMEDLINGEN

– THIS IS HOW IT WORKS

THE PATH TO A NEW HOME
If you’re looking for housing in the Stockholm region, you
need to search and register your interest with Stockholm’s
Housing Agency – Bostadsförmedlingen. Remember the
more proactive you are about your search, the greater your
chances of being assigned an apartment.

This is how it works:

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JOIN THE QUEUE SEARCH AND REGISTER YOUR
Anyone who is aged 18+ and who has a INTEREST
Swedish national identification (person- It’s up to you to search for and register your
nummer) or coordination number (sam- interest in the vacant apartments adver-
ordningsnummer) can join the housing tised on our website. You’ll find available
queue. It costs SEK 200 per year. You can properties listed under Sök bostad (Search
sign up at bostad.stockholm.se properties). The time you spend in the
queue will vary and will partly depend on
where you want to live.
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SHOW VERIFICATION
If you have been in the queue for longer
than anyone else who expressed an inter-
est after the viewing, we will contact you.
You will then need to provide verification
showing that you meet the landlord’s
­requirements for the apartment. Remem-
ber to have all your documents ready in
advance. The landlord’s requirements are
stated in the apartment advert.
SIGN THE CONTRACT AND MOVE IN
Once you’ve provided verification that
you meet the landlord’s requirements,
we will propose you to the landlord as a
tenant. Once the landlord has approved
you, you and the landlord will sign the
contract. And then it’s time to move in!

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VIEW AN APARTMENT ACCEPT OR DECLINE CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW TIP!
If you’ve registered an interest and if After the viewing, you need to decide APARTMENT! If you’re a tenant with a first-hand
you’ve been queueing for longer than whether you are still interested in the We hope you’ll be very happy there! As contract with Stockholm’s municipal
­other applicants, you’ll be invited to apartment. The easiest way to do this long as you keep paying the annual fee, housing company, there is an internal
a ­v iewing. It’s important to attend a is to go to Mina sidor (My Pages) at you will remain in the housing queue, but exchange queue. Find out more at
­v iewing as many landlords make this bostad.stockholm.se you will go to the back of the queue and bostad.stockholm.se
a requirement. your new queueing time will start on the
date when you got your new apartment.
TYPES OF HOUSING
Your circumstances will change throughout your life, as
will your housing needs. You can look for different kinds
of housing and different contract forms at Bostadsför-
medlingen. You’ll find a few examples below. You can read
more on our website.
For example, if you’re aged between 18 and 25, you can apply for a youth apartment
(ungdomslägenhet), which is often slightly smaller and cheaper to rent. If you’re stud-
ying at university, college or you’re in higher vocational education, you can apply for
a student apartment (studentbostad). If you’re aged 55 or over, we can provide special
apartments adapted for the needs of older people. Short-term contracts (korttids­
kontrakt) offer opportunities for temporary accommodation, while you remain in the
housing queue. ‘Buddy contracts’ (kompiskontrakt) mean you can share an apart-
ment and the contract with a friend.
ONE YEAR OR TWENTY. HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE
TO WAIT FOR AN APARTMENT?
Stockholm has a housing shortage, which means you may
have to wait before you get an apartment.
How long you have to wait depends on a number of factors, including where you
want to live and the kind of rent you can afford. Apartments that have higher rents
and are located outside central Stockholm have shorter queueing times. The average
queueing time is nine years (2016) and the majority of people get an apartment
within seven to eleven years. But there is huge variation. Last year, we arranged
contracts on 160 apartments with a queueing time of less than one year and 267
apartments at queueing times of over twenty years.
BEING PROACTIVE GETS
RESULTS. VISIT
BOSTAD.STOCKHOLM.SE

QUEUEING TIMES 2016

The graph shows the length of queueing times for apartments provided via Bostadsförmedlingen in 2016.

PERCENTAGE
2016

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%
BOSTADSSNABBEN
0%
This is a fast-track service for apartments NO.
0–2 2–4 4–6 6–8 8–10 10–12 12–14 14–16 16–18 18–20 20 > YEARS
that require swift or special handling to be
let in time. First come, first served.
The statistics are for standard tenancies, not contracts
for students or young people, retirement apartments or
short-term contracts. Source: Bostadsförmedlingen i Stockholm AB’s database 2016
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SIGTUNA AVERAGE QUEUEING TIMES, AVERAGE QUEUEING TIMES,
NO. YEARS, TENANCIES NO. YEARS, NEW APARTMENTS

AVERAGE QUEUEING 4.2

UPPSALA

TIMES IN THE REGION,

2016 VALLENTUNA
9.0
8.1 Norra Djurgårdsstaden
UPPLANDS VÄSBY

5.3 17.7
UPPLANDS BRO Norrmalm 14.6 9.0
ÖSTERÅKER 13.8 Östermalm
Kungsholmen

TÄBY

5.3
SOLLENTUNA 16.1
Södermalm

8.7 4.3
JÄRFÄLLA 9.5
Rinkeby-Kista
DANDERYD

9.1
Spånga-Tensta

EKERÖ
10.0 6.4 9.7 8.7
9.4 7.3 SUNDBYBERG LIDINGÖ
Hässelby-Vällingby 12.8
SOLNA

10.8 5.4 11.6 8.1

Bromma
STOCKHOLM
5.4
Bostadsförmedlingen acts as agents VÄRMDÖ

for housing throughout the Stock- 12.4

Hägersten-Liljeholmen
holm region. The queueing time 10.9
11.5 Enskede-Årsta-Vantör 8.9
required to get an apartment varies Älvsjö
NACKA
10.7 7.1
depending on where you want to live Skärholmen
14.2 10.5
in the region. Skarpnäck
“At first I was set on a particular area and I wasn’t as
4.9
Visättra 11.6 8.0 proactive. But when I started broadening the search
Farsta
9.4 5.2 and considering other areas as well, that’s when
HUDDINGE TYRESÖ
things started happening and I got my apartment!”
SALEM
5.5 Anna 35, Västberga
Flemingsberg 4.5
Vega
5.7
SÖDERTÄLJE
9.6
BOTKYRKA 7.6 4.2
HANINGE Source: Bostadsförmedlingen i Stockholm AB’s database 2016 © Stadskartan
 Photo: Peter Hoelstad / Agent Molly
Bostadsförmedlingen acts as agents
for vacant tenancies throughout the

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Stockholm region.

ABOUT THE HOUSING QUEUE

• It costs SEK 200 per year to remain in our queue.

• You can join the housing queue even if you don’t live
in Stockholm.

• You can join the queue from the day you reach the
age of 18.

• You need to have a Swedish national identification

(personnummer) or coordination number (sam­ord­
ningsnummer) in order to register to join the housing
queue.

• All vacant apartments are advertised on our website.

Would you like to find out more? Visit our website,

where you’ll find all the information you need:
bostad.stockholm.se

BOSTADSFÖRMEDLINGEN I STOCKHOLM AB
VISITING ADDRESS: FLEMINGGATAN 6
OPENING HOURS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE
BOSTAD.STOCKHOLM.SE
KUNDSERVICE@BOSTAD.STOCKHOLM.SE
TEL: 08-785 88 30
BOSTADSFÖRMEDLINGEN · A MUNICIPAL COMPANY, CITY OF STOCKHOLM