Housing

A well-functioning housing sector promotes the opportunities of all people to lead a good life and have a home that meets their needs in different stages of life. The aim of the Ministry of the Environment is to ensure an adequate supply of different types of housing options on the housing market, guide the construction industry and housing sector in a direction that is environmentally sustainable and enhance the opportunities of residents to influence their housing conditions.
 
At the Ministry of the Environment, the Built Environment Department is responsible for matters related to housing. Subsidies, support payments and guarantees related to housing and construction are granted by the Centre for State-Subsidised Housing Construction, which also guides and supervises the use of state-subsidised housing stock.

  • Rented housing legislation »

    In Finland, the state supports the production of affordable and social rented housing by paying interest subsidies on loans taken out for this purpose and issuing a state guarantee for them.

  • Cooperation Programme to Halve Homelessness »

    Finland has been implementing modern homelessness policies ever since the 1980s. In the current programme, the key objective is to strengthen the homelessness work of local authorities through the use and development of social services.

  • Centre for State-Subsidised Housing Construction »

    The Centre for State-Subsidised Housing Construction is a body operating in connection with the Ministry of the Environment that implements state-subsidised housing construction. The mission of the Centre is to support sustainable housing solutions.The Centre for State-Subsidised Housing Construction grants state support and subsidies for housing and construction, supervises and guides state-subsidised housing construction and is responsible for the information services related to housing and the housing market.