Available apartments from Stiftelsen Karlstadshus

Stiftelsen Karlstadshus is an independent housing foundation founded in 1953 by Karlstads kommun and Riksbyggen. The foundation has no private owners and operates as a municipal housing company. According to the company website, the portfolio comprises 2,597 flats in Karlstad, making the foundation the municipality's second-largest housing provider.

The properties are located exclusively in Karlstads kommun. The homes are situated in neighbourhoods including Kronoparken, Gruvlyckan, Färjestad, Rud, Norrstrand and Våxnäs. The buildings in the portfolio were constructed between 1955 and 1990. The offering is split between standard rental flats and student housing.

Among the flats advertised over the past year, the average monthly rent was SEK 6,494 and the average size was 57 square metres, with an average of 2.1 rooms. For one-room flats, the average rent was SEK 4,060 a month. Two-room flats had an average rent of SEK 6,789 and three-room flats SEK 8,060. The lowest rent in the adverts during the year was SEK 2,747 and the highest was SEK 12,094. Of the advertised homes, 35 per cent had a balcony and 21 per cent had a lift.

Standard housing is applied for through the foundation's own free housing queue on its website. Applicants can register from 18 years of age and receive one queue point per day. Tenancy agreements are normally offered to the person with the most queue points. The foundation requires an approved income, stable finances and no record of payment defaults. For the foundation's approximately 300 student homes, a first-come, first-served policy applies instead for admitted students. Available flats are listed on the site and updated daily.

Facts about Stiftelsen Karlstadshus

Type of landlord

Municipal housing company

Apartments available now

29

Average rent last year

6,494 SEK

Locations

Karlstad, Göteborg, Mjölby, Linköping, Lund, Falköping