Boplats is the Goteborg city municipal housing agency. You need to be registered on the housing queue. It usually minimum to 4.5 years to get a house through Boplats. It costs 200 SEK to register in Boplats. It is good to register if you plan to stay in Goteborg after your PhD.
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As the website says - If you haven't got a Swedish personal number you can register using your birth date and your e-mail address to start collecting days at Boplats. But, you should get a Swedish personal number as soon as possible. This is done through the Swedish tax authorities. Without a personal number you will not be able to sign a firsthand contract.
For more information, visit the website: https://nya.boplats.se/
HomeQ is relatively a new marketplace where you can search for apartments form several real estate companies throughout Sweden. You need BankID to register and collect 1 point per day. It is free to register. The website is only in Swedish.
<aside> đź’ˇ You cannot register in HomeQ without Bank ID
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HomeQ is a nationwide marketplace where you as a housing applicant can easily see and search for vacant tenancies with several landlords. At the same time, the system uses algorithms to give landlords a better basis for decision-making and automate manual work. We thus help landlords and housing applicants to find each other in a simple, safe and resource-efficient way.
For more information, visit the website: https://www.homeq.se/