No. 530 in Swedish

bostäder

Housing; dwellings.

In a sentence

Det byggs många nya bostäder i staden.
Many new homes are being built in the city.
Here, 'bostäder' is used to refer to 'homes' or 'residences' as a generic term for places people live.
Antalet lediga bostäder har minskat senaste året.
The number of available homes has decreased in the past year.
This usage of 'bostäder' emphasizes the availability in the context of living accommodations.
Regeringen diskuterar reformer för att göra bostäder mer prisvärda.
The government discusses reforms to make homes more affordable.
In this sentence, 'bostäder' illustrates the topic of housing policies in a broader socioeconomic sense.

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