2025-01-29
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You have a permit in Sweden – Protection under the Temporary Protection Directive Accommodation
Information about accommodation for people who have applied for or received a residence permit under the Temporary Protection Directive.
Once you have applied for protection under the Temporary Protection Directive, you can choose to arrange accommodation on your own, or be offered a place at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s accommodations. If you are listed in the Swedish Population Register, you are responsible for arranging your own accommodation.
Living in your own accommodation
If you choose to arrange accommodation on your own, you will need to pay the accommodation costs yourself.
You must notify the Swedish Migration Agency of your address if you arrange your accommodation on your own. To do so, send the “Adressanmälan eller adressändring” [Notification of address or change of address] form to the nearest Unit for Reception:
Living in Swedish Migration Agency accommodation
If you do not have your own accommodation, the Swedish Migration Agency can offer you a place in a temporary accommodation. You do not get to choose where you will live. You will be assigned accommodation where there are places available. You will then be assigned to an accommodation in a municipality. This may mean that you need to move to another municipality.
It may take up to a month before you receive an offer to move to an accommodation arranged by the municipality.
If you decline to move to the housing offered to you by the municipality, you must arrange your accommodation on your own.
If you first arrange your accommodation on your own, but your situation changes so that you later need help with accommodation, you should contact the Swedish Migration Agency by visiting your Unit for Reception, a Swedish Migration Agency Service Centre, or an office that receives applications for protection under the Temporary Protection Directive.
If you have your own money, you must pay for your accommodation
If you have your own money, for example if you work or have other assets, you must pay for the accommodation arranged by the Swedish Migration Agency or the municipality. Inform the Swedish Migration Agency about your financial situation when you ask for help with accommodation.
Married and cohabiting partners have a responsibility to provide for their partner if the partner lacks their own money. Parents are responsible for their children’s financial support. If only one partner has an income, they pay for the entire family’s accommodation and any food.
You must inform your Unit for Reception if your family's income changes. If it appears that you have made money without telling the Swedish Migration Agency, we can decide that you must pay for rent and possibly food retroactively, that is, for a period back in time.
How much you must pay for your accommodation
How much you pay for your accommodation depends on whether food is served at the accommodation. If you are a family, the cost is determined by the number of family members.
Accommodation fee
Adults: SEK 2,100 per person per month.
Children: SEK 1,050 per child per month. You only have to pay for up to two children, even if there are more than two children in your family.
Fee for food, when meals are included
In some accommodations, meals are served in a shared dining area. If you live in an accommodation where food is provided, you must pay for the food every month, even if you sometimes choose not to eat the food that is served.
If food is served at the accommodation, then in addition to the cost of your accommodation, you must pay (per person and month):
- Single adult: SEK 1,410
- Cohabiting and married couples who live together: SEK 1,260
- Children up to 3 years of age: SEK 750
- Children aged 4 to 10: SEK 930
- Children aged 11 to 17: 1,140 SEK
- Young adults aged 18–20 who live with their parents: SEK 1,260.
You must pay for the cost of food for all children in the family.
Exemptions from fees
In some cases, you do not have to pay for food and accommodation. This applies when the money you have left after you have paid for food and accommodation falls below a certain limit, the national standard for income support. Please tell your Unit for Reception about your financial situation. They will then help you figure out whether or not you need to pay for your accommodation and food.
Different types of accommodation
The types of accommodation provided by the Swedish Migration Agency and the country’s municipalities vary. You might live in an apartment where you cook your own food, be assigned a room and share a kitchen with many others, or be placed in a larger accommodation where the food is served in a common dining room.
Anyone who needs help with accommodation must be prepared to share a room with other people. The family members always get to live together. Single people will share a room with others of the same sex, but people with special needs may get to live alone. Due to the risk of allergies and infection, pets are usually not allowed in Swedish Migration Agency accommodations.
The Swedish Board of Agriculture’s travel guide for bringing dogs and cats to Sweden
External link.
Adapted accommodation
If you are in a particularly vulnerable situation, you may be entitled to accommodation that is adapted to your needs. For example, this may be the case if you have a disability, suffer from physical or mental illness, or are LGBTQIA+, pregnant or elderly. Talk to your Unit for Reception as soon as possible if you have special needs regarding your living situation.
Once you have been listed in the Swedish Population Register
Once you have been listed in the Swedish Population Register and gotten a Swedish personal identity number, you will no longer be entitled to accommodation and financial aid from the Swedish Migration Agency. Instead, you will have some of the same rights to help from the Swedish social security system as other people living in Sweden. If you live in one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s temporary accommodations, the municipality will help arrange a new accommodation for you. Some municipalities have municipal housing agencies where you can apply for housing. The municipality can also give you tips about private landlords.