Att blanda? : En undersökning av planerares och allmännyttiga bostadsbolags syn på planering för en allsidig hushållssammansättning

• Social mix is a pressing issue for both researchers and policy makers in the western world. How can this be achieved and what effects can be expected for individuals as well as the wider society? A lot has been written about this in the international literature but less has been written on the Swedish case. The research that has been carried out for Sweden is often done on a very local scale or at a highly aggregated and statistical level. Few of these studies are concerned by the practical level of planning. The authors’ therefore saw a need for in-depth studies on the Swedish case and particular for studies at the intermediate municipal level. To capture the local perspectives on planning for social mix this interview study is targeting municipal planners and actors at the municipal owned housing companies in 31 of the largest cities in Sweden. The study aims to find out whether the policy goal of social mix, introduced in the 1970s, still is relevant and how a planning for social mix can be done. What measures are used, what possibilities and difficulties are associated with social mix strategies? The authors begin with placing social mix as a policy goal in an international and historical perspective and this is followed by a discussion and presentation of the main results of the study in hand. In this report the authors’ conclude that social mix is a goal placed at the agenda although it might not be placed at the very top of the agenda. Further the physical restructuring of the housing stock is seen as the most important way to achieve social mix. They also conclude that the ability to achieve a social mix is to a great extent depending on the municipal housing companies and since their existence is questioned this makes this planning goal even more interesting to do further studies on.

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Allmännyttiga bostadsföretag

samhällsplanering

bostadspolitik

Sverige

integration

SOCIAL SCIENCES

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

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