▁growth ▁Sweden ▁had ▁during ▁the ▁record ▁years ▁( rek ord å ren ) ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁flo od ▁of ▁income ▁to ▁the ▁national ▁tre as ury . ▁This ▁money ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁implement ▁social ▁re forms . ▁The ▁social ▁dem ocr atic ▁government ▁implemented ▁re forms ▁to ▁ensure ▁the ▁avail ability ▁of ▁land , ▁such ▁as ▁new ▁land ▁se iz ure ▁rules ▁for ▁local ▁authorities , ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁the ▁land owner ▁was ▁planning ▁to ▁sell ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁private ▁bu yer . ▁Another ▁new ▁law ▁said ▁that ▁a ▁municipality ▁could ▁build ▁homes ▁outside ▁its ▁border ▁(" L ex ▁B oll m ora "), ▁because ▁rural ▁municipal ities ▁near ▁Stockholm ▁could ▁not ▁afford ▁to ▁build ▁so ▁much . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁lif es pan ▁of ▁the ▁program , ▁ 1 , 0 0 6 , 0 0 0 ▁new ▁dwell ings ▁were ▁built . ▁For ▁the ▁houses ▁designed ▁for ▁the ▁lowest - in come ▁group , ▁the ▁government ▁would ▁bear ▁ 6 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁initial ▁costs ▁and ▁this ▁would ▁be ▁rep a id ▁by ▁the ▁customers ▁and ▁residents ▁in ▁a ▁ 3 0 - year ▁period . ▁For ▁other ▁categories ▁such ▁as ▁students , ▁blue ▁col lar ▁workers , ▁and ▁imm igr ants , ▁the ▁government ▁provided ▁subs id ies ▁and ▁in cent ives ▁to ▁building ▁companies ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁start ▁construction . ▁The ▁net ▁result ▁was ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁Sweden ’ s ▁housing ▁stock