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Government bills11

Topichousings11
  1. HE 76/2026 vpPassed

    Clarifying consent for home sales

    Selling one's own home will no longer require the consent of a former spouse if more than ten years have passed since divorce or the death of the spouse. Clarifications will be made to the act so that this rule and its transitional period are applied correctly.

    15 May 2026 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 98/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Lowering taxes on labour

    Taxes on labour will be lowered from the beginning of 2026 by cutting the highest marginal tax rates and increasing the earned income tax credit and the basic deduction. As a counterbalance, the tax deductibility of trade union membership fees, the tax exemption for company bicycles, and the home office deduction for wage earners will be abolished.

    21 Nov 2025 · 12 votes
    116 jaa
    40 ei
  3. HE 48/2024 vpPassed

    Easier apartment repossession for housing companies

    A housing company will be able to take possession of a share apartment more easily than at present if the owner resides outside the European Economic Area and cannot be reached. Warnings, decisions, and eviction summonses can be served via the Official Gazette and by delivering notice to the apartment.

    13 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 58/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening social assistance housing costs

    Housing costs for recipients of social assistance will be covered only up to the municipality-specific maximum limit after a three-month time limit. If applicants do not move to a more affordable home and have no statutory special reason to stay in their current home, they will have to pay the portion of rent exceeding the limit themselves.

    14 Dec 2023 · 6 votes
    118 jaa
    58 ei
  5. HE 124/2018 vpPassed

    Easing income tax and increasing deductions

    The income thresholds of the income tax scale for 2019 and several tax deductions would be increased to ease taxation on earned income. In addition, the maximum amount of the deduction for secondary accommodation for work and tax-exempt travel allowances for voluntary workers would be increased.

    3 Dec 2018 · 33 votes
  6. HE 89/2017 vpPassed

    Repealing the outdated Population Census Act

    The Population Census Act, dating from 1938, will be repealed as redundant. Separate censuses based on questionnaires have not been conducted since 1980; instead, population statistics are nowadays compiled directly from administrative registers.

    10 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 268/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Combination sentences for dangerous repeat offenders

    A new combination sentence is created for highly dangerous repeat perpetrators of serious crimes, consisting of imprisonment followed by a one-year supervision period. The reform replaces the previous practice in which the sentenced person served the entire sentence in prison and was released without supervision.

    6 Nov 2017 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 6 luvun 2 §, mietintö / Eva Biaudet

    160 jaa
    15 ei
  8. HE 252/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Adding alternatives to remand imprisonment

    Instead of being imprisoned, a person suspected or convicted of an offence could be placed under an electronically supervised travel ban or investigative detention. At the same time, the retention period for remand prisoners on police premises will be significantly shortened.

    6 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 133/2017 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising property tax rate ranges

    Statutory lower and upper limits for property tax rates will be raised. This will increase property taxation in some municipalities and boost municipal tax revenues.

    27 Oct 2017 · 3 votes
    131 jaa
    29 ei
  10. HE 77/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming housing credit and peer-to-peer lending

    The comparability of housing loans will be improved with a standardised form, and borrowers will be granted the right to cancel a housing loan within 14 days even when transacting at a branch. At the same time, peer-to-peer loan intermediaries will be brought under official registration and consumer protection rules.

    27 Sep 2016 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 148/2015 vpPassed with amendments

    Transferring building exemptions to municipalities

    The authority to grant exemption permits for building and shoreline construction will be transferred entirely from the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) to municipalities. In addition, office and commercial premises can be converted into housing using regional exemption permits more easily than before.

    11 Mar 2016 · 3 votes
    103 jaa
    47 ei