Rent regulations in Sweden were introduced during World War II driven by the Swedish Social Democrats, which is the opposite of market rents. Their intention was that anyone could afford to live in Stockholm's inner city. The result was that tenants in the city of Stockholm have the same rent as tenants in suburbs and exposed area which means quote "geographically delimited places of low socio-economic status and where the criminals have an impact on the local community" unquote. The whole of Sweden applies this rental price.
One of my acquaintances, whose political home branch is on the left, dad worked as a property manager for one of Stockholm's larger real estate companies. At one point we had a discussion about the Swedish rental system where I told him that Sweden should apply market rents, something I still think.
My acquaintance was completely against this as he was convinced that he could not afford to live in his rented apartment in Stockholm's inner city, which he got through his dad's contacts. When I pointed out that he didn't get his lease legally, he got angry, just like people with a political home branch on the left always get when you catch them with their fingers in the jam jar.
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