Around 83,000 new students were accepted to study at Swedish universities last year – which means that not even two new apartments were built for every one thousand students admitted.She believes that politicians need to take a more active stance on the issue of student housing by enacting subsidies, tax breaks, or reduced value added tax on construction to help stimulate the building of more student housing units.Oscar
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The decision, if it stands through budget deliberations, will set up other long-term, negative consequences for the smallest participating communities, according to Kent."Once you get to interest rates at 75% of market rates, the discount is so little that some of the larger communities and metropolitan sewerage districts will not use the program," he said.The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, as well as regional districts in the Madison and Green Bay metropolitan areas, have high credit ratings and would find better market rates if they struck out on their own, Kent said.The remaining pool
Construction Equipment of communities generally have lower credit ratings so the bond interest rate offered to the state program is likely to suffer and go higher, he said. This would heap additional loan repayment costs on those municipalities, according to Kent.MMSD will re-evaluate its participation in the state clean water fund if rates go above 70% of market, said Steve Jacquart, district intergovernmental coordinator.
Building of new student flats grinds to a halt
The lack of student housing in Sweden is already considered a crisis by many. Last autumn,
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