Rental flat

Sublet your home – LKF

Lunds Kommuns Fastighets AB (LKF) is the municipal housing company of Lund.

LKF has to consent in writing before the sublet starts. If they refuse, the regional rent tribunal (hyresnämnden) can still permit it.

LKF’s own site

Type:: Municipal housing company
Tenure:: Rental flat
Owns homes in:: Lund

How to apply to LKF

Apply in writing before the sublet starts, and wait for the answer in writing. Verbal permission is worth nothing the day there is a dispute.

State your reason, and be concrete: studies or work elsewhere, a trial cohabitation, care of a relative, a long trip, illness.
State the period, with a start and an end date. Permission is always time-limited.
Name the person taking over, with their personal identity number.
Send it to LKF through whatever channel is on your contract.
Keep the written answer. It is the document that proves the sublet is lawful.

Municipally owned changes nothing in the law

LKF is owned by the municipality, but a sublet follows the same rent act as at any other landlord. The housing queue is a separate matter: your place in it does not decide whether you may sublet, and a sub-tenant takes over neither your contract nor your queue position.

If the answer is no

A refused application can be taken to the rent tribunal (hyresnämnden). It grants permission when you have substantial reasons (beaktansvärda skäl) and the landlord has no justified cause to refuse. Applying there is free.

What you must not do is sublet anyway. An unauthorised sublet is grounds for terminating your own contract, and charging an unreasonable rent on top of it is a criminal offence.

What you may charge

You may charge what you pay yourself, and no more.
Furnished, you may add up to about 15 % of the rent.
Electricity, broadband and a parking space may be charged at cost, itemised separately.
Overcharging is not merely refundable: since 2019 it is a criminal offence, and the tenant can reclaim the excess through the rent tribunal.

Contract, notice and security of tenure

Always a written contract. It is what protects both of you.
Subletting a rental flat falls under the rent act: three months’ notice, and the sub-tenant gains security of tenure after two years unless it has been waived with the rent tribunal’s approval.
Your home insurance has to know. Several insurers require notice before a sublet, and a claim can be refused without it.

Tax

Rental income from your own home is taxed as capital income at 30 %, but only on the surplus. You deduct a standard allowance of SEK 40,000 per year, plus the rent or monthly fee attributable to what you let out. Most ordinary sublets end up with nothing to pay. Declare it anyway.

Find your sub-tenant

With permission in hand, publish the home on Bofrid. Listing is free, everyone is verified with BankID, and you talk to applicants before you choose.

Publish a free listing

Renting out where LKF owns

Lund

Common questions

Do I need permission from LKF to sublet?

Yes. Written consent from LKF has to be in place before the sublet starts. Subletting without it is grounds for terminating your contract.

How long may I sublet for?

Permission is time-limited, typically granted a year at a time and renewable as long as the reason still holds. There is no fixed statutory maximum.

What counts as a valid reason?

Studies or work in another town, trying out cohabitation, caring for a relative, a longer trip, illness, or military service. "I would rather rent it out than live here" is not one.

How much rent may I charge?

What you pay yourself, plus up to about 15 % if you let it furnished. Charging more has been a criminal offence since 2019.

What if LKF says no?

Take it to the rent tribunal (hyresnämnden). It is free, and it can grant permission over the refusal when your reasons are substantial and the refusal is not justified.

Where do I find a sub-tenant?

Publish the home on Bofrid. Listing is free, every party is verified with BankID, and you talk to applicants before you choose one.

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