Landlords Reject Tenants Over Payment Issues Despite Own Defaults

Landlords refuse tenants with payment remarks, but many of them have themselves mismanaged their payments. This is shown by an investigation by Hem & Hyra.

» Published: May 22 2025 at 11:05

Landlords Reject Tenants Over Payment Issues Despite Own Defaults
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Individuals who have received a payment notice following, for example, an unpaid invoice can be denied a contract by a landlord. However, nearly 4,000 of the country's landlords neglect their own payments. Among the worst are those with hundreds of payment notices. This is reported by Hem & Hyra.

A payment notice is set by a credit reporting company and flags that a person or company has not managed their payments. Common causes are unpaid invoices or debts that have been sent to the bailiff. A person the newspaper has spoken to has a missed invoice of 2,500 kronor, which resulted in denied contact.

Among the landlords with payment notices are both municipally-owned companies and foundations. The landlords have a total of payment notices worth one billion kronor. The individual claims range from 100 kronor to 92 million kronor.

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