The woman has children and wanted to rent out the apartment during her prison term, which she estimated would be a year, until she was released so that she and the children could then move back. MKB said no to the sublease on the grounds that the prison term was long and that the underlying reasons were not sufficient.
The woman appealed to the tenancy board, among other reasons, on the grounds that getting rid of the home would have severe effects on the children. The rental board in Malmö now follows the woman’s line and considers in the decision that she has “considerable reasons” to rent out the apartment while she serves her sentence.