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Original Articles

Responsibilizing renovation: governing strategies and resistance in the context of the transformation of Swedish housing policy

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  • Interviews
  • A: Tenants’ Union official 23 September 2019, Stockholm.
  • B: Poseidon manager, 18 March 2019, Gothenburg.
  • B: Tenants Union official, 16 April 2019, Gothenburg.
  • C: Tenants Union official, 21 February 2019, Gothenburg.
  • D: Tenant, 19 June 2019, Stockholm.
  • E: Tenant, 2 December 2020, Gothenburg.