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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 o...https://ym.fi/en/housing
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Rented housing legislation Interest subsidies and guarantees 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. These l...https://ym.fi/en/rented-housing
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Land use, housing and transport agreements Land use (M), housing (A) and transport (L) agreements i.e. the MAL-agreements are concluded between the State of Finland and the seven largest urban regions: Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Ku...https://ym.fi/en/agreements-on-land-use-housing-and-transport
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20.4.2026 | The Government has submitted a Europe communication to Parliament concerning the European Affordable Housing Plan published by the European Commission on 16 December 2025. The Europe communication describes the main content of the plan and presents Finland’s opinion regarding it. Finland recognises the importance of a well-functioning housing market but points out that challenges related to housing vary a great deal between Member States.https://ym.fi/en/-/government-points-out-that-housing-policy-falls-within-national-competence
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Organisation and senior management of the Ministry of the Environment At the Ministry of the Environment matters are prepared by the Aquatic and Natural Environment Department, Sustainable Construction and Housing Department, Climate and Environme...https://ym.fi/en/organisation-and-management
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Areas of Expertise Climate Human action warms up the climate, with severe consequences. Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires strong and fast emission reductions. Climate warming will continue despite the efforts to mitigate it, which me...https://ym.fi/en/areas-of-expertise
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Reducing homelessness and evictions requires more preventive work against homelessness and earlier identification of the risk of becoming homeless. Evictions, homelessness and ways to eradicate these were discussed at a roundtable organised by the Ministry of the Environment on 3 March. The discussions showed a good understanding of how complex the problem is. Homelessness is caused by a great variety of factors, which stresses the need for cooperation among different actors.https://ym.fi/en/-/minister-multala-s-roundtable-homelessness-is-a-complex-problem-long-term-cross-sectoral-cooperation-needed-to-eradicate-it
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Grants for promoting green transition investment projects The grant programme to promote investment projects related to the green transition has supported municipalities and regional councils in advancing the green transition, significantly increa...https://ym.fi/en/grants-for-promoting-green-transition-investment-projects
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Nordic Cooperation Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, as well as Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland participate in Nordic co-operation. The Nordic Council of Ministers, which was established in 1971, and which includes the above-men...https://ym.fi/en/nordic-cooperation
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Wind power construction Wind power is a renewable and nearly emission-free form of energy production. It can be produced relatively fast and at a relatively low cost, and and it increases Finland’s self-sufficiency in energy. Increasing wind power...https://ym.fi/en/wind-power-construction
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Maritime Spatial Planning and Coastal Strategy The marine and coastal area should be planned as an integrated whole. Land-sea interactions include, for example, ecological connections such as nutrient loads and migratory fish routes; infrastructur...https://ym.fi/en/maritime-spatial-planning
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CE marking With CE marking, a manufacturer can ensure that the properties of a construction product are in line with the harmonised European product standard, or the European technical approval (ETA). Building product manufacturers may not place b...https://ym.fi/en/ce-marking
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The National Building Code of Finland The Land Use and Building Act (132/1999) specifies the general conditions concerning building, substantive technical requirements, building permit procedure and building supervision by the authorities. The sub...https://ym.fi/en/the-national-building-code-of-finland
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Whistleblower protection Whistleblower protection safeguards people who report certain types of misconduct. In this case, a ‘whistleblower’ is a person who, in the course of their work, discovers a breach of European Union or national law concerni...https://ym.fi/en/whistleblower-protection
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Wood Building Programme Wood construction plays a vital role in the promotion of bioeconomy, and the promotion of the use of wood can help support sustainable and sensible tending of forests. Using wood reduces the carbon footprint of the construc...https://ym.fi/en/wood-building
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A better environment for future generations The revised strategy of the Ministry of the Environment stretches to 2035. In future, the Ministry of the Environment will focus even more strongly on three themes: comprehensive solutions to the ecologi...https://ym.fi/en/strategy-and-goals
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Construction Act streamlines construction and promotes emission reductions and circular economy The Construction Act entered into force on 1 January 2025. The time limit for the processing of construction permits, calculation of the carbon footpri...https://ym.fi/en/construction-act
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Circular economy in the construction sector About 50% of the world’s natural resources and 40% of unprocessed energy is used in buildings and construction, and on the global scale the construction sector produces about 35% of the greenhouse gas em...https://ym.fi/en/circular-economy-in-the-construction-sector
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The Low-carbon Built Environment Programme contributes to the implementation of the Finnish Sustainable Growth Programme, which is part of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The objective of the programme is to mitigate and adapt to climate change and to find and implement low-carbon solutions in the built environment.https://ym.fi/en/project?tunnus=YM004:00/2022
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16.1.2026 | Finland’s National Update Report on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in 2021-2025 Compiled by Emma Lappalainen, CEO, Finngroup Consultants 10/2025 2 (73) Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................https://ym.fi/documents/1410903/58486706/Finlands%20National%20Report%20on%20Impl.%20of%20NUA%202021-2025.pdf/159f85b6-1568-6571-ded2-2e2efbed0ab9?t=1768555202762