(housing regulation being rents are controlled for first party renters(artificially low)). This regulation means it's impossible to find a rental where you want to live because nobody builds them (they wouldn't be profitable).
This is not the answer, but it belive it's part of it.
That we increased our population with people who are either not educated or can't get their educations verified is also a problem.
When I was younger I had faith the government was doing what's best for it's people, that's eroded into "these populist aholes will say anything to win votes no matter how it affects people"
The superstrict regulation (but not enforcement, except when it's convenient) on drugs probably doesn't help either. I know a dude that was recently fined 19000 SEK for a couple grams of pot, he went to court and won though.
My country is broken, in a seemingly unbreakable downwards spiral to becoming a first class shithole.