In 2019, just over 14 400 dwellings were under repair or conversion and this was the most common reason for an unlet dwelling.

The number of vacant dwellings has decreased since the end of the 1990s. The highest number of vacant dwellings was in 1998, when about 62 000 dwellings were vacant. In the years that followed, the number of unlet dwellings and vacant dwellings for rent fell sharply. In 2017, when these statistics were last published, the number of unlet and vacant dwellings were at the lowest level since 1990. In 2019, both the number of unlet dwellings and the number of vacant dwellings increased compared with 2017. There are approximately 7 300 more unlet dwellings and approximately 2 500 more vacant dwellings available for rent. However, over time, the number of vacant dwellings in 2019 remains among the lowest.

The distribution of the number of vacant dwellings varies from one region to another. Among dwellings available for rent, 72 percent are located in municipalities with fewer than 75 000 inhabitants. The corresponding figure in metropolitan areas (Greater Stockholm, Greater Gothenburg and Greater Malmö) is 14 percent.