Government bills16
- HE 33/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming residential tenancy rules
Legislation on residential and commercial leases will be reformed to clarify lease relationships and reduce disputes. The changes will facilitate electronic communication, shorten the landlord's notice period, and introduce new rules on, among other things, the return of deposits and smoking.
4 Jun 2026 · 2 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion
110 jaa56 ei - HE 180/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Easier financing for student housing
State interest-subsidy loans of up to 100 per cent of project costs may be granted for the construction and renovation of student housing. The amendment safeguards the completion of new student housing in a situation where direct state investment grants are no longer awarded for it.
18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 188/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing ARA and transferring tasks
The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) will be abolished as a separate agency, and its duties will be transferred to a new Centre for State-subsidised Housing Construction established under the Ministry of the Environment. From 1 March 2025, the new centre will be responsible for granting state housing subsidies, supervising the housing stock, and carrying out the agency's other statutory responsibilities.
18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote98 jaa72 ei - HE 160/2024 vpPassed
Moving students to housing supplement
Students without children will be transferred from the general housing allowance to the housing supplement of student financial aid from 1 August 2025. The housing supplement is an individual benefit paid as a rule only for months of study.
16 Dec 2024 · 1 vote112 jaa56 ei - HE 129/2022 vpPassed
State support for expanding municipal housing advice
Municipalities will be able to receive state grants to organise and develop free housing advice services in 2023–2027. The advice will be offered to all residents regardless of whether they rent or own their home.
24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 248/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving interest subsidies for ARA housing
The interest subsidy terms for state-subsidised affordable housing production will be improved, and making provision for rental building renovations will again be permitted within rents. At the same time, the rules, official liability and supervision concerning resident selection for rental housing will be clarified.
21 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 198/2022 vpPassed
Rental housing financing and remote meetings
Subsidiary housing companies of earnings-related pension companies will continue to be allowed to take on debt to build rental housing until the end of 2027. At the same time, insurance companies will be enabled to hold remote and hybrid general meetings under the exact same rules as other limited liability companies.
9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 76/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Short-term interest subsidy for rental housing
The state will introduce a new ten-year interest subsidy model for the construction of rental dwellings alongside the existing 40-year system. The reform will increase the supply of affordable rental housing, especially in growth centres.
21 Jun 2016 · 3 votes115 jaa43 ei - HE 161/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Capping maximum housing allowance expenses
A separate ceiling will be introduced under the general housing allowance for housing costs in small dwellings and shared housing. In addition, the maximum housing costs covered by housing allowance will be linked to the cost-of-living index instead of the rent index, and index increases will be frozen for 2018.
14 Dec 2017 · 1 vote96 jaa86 ei - HE 189/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming right-of-occupancy housing and resident selection
The application system for right-of-occupancy dwellings will change so that resident selection switches to a single nationwide, fixed-term queue number. At the same time, residents' opportunities to exert influence in companies will be increased, and relinquishing right-of-occupancy buildings facing financial difficulties will be accelerated.
15 Apr 2021 · 5 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Mauri Peltokangas
32 jaa22 ei - HE 104/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Billing water by actual consumption
Water in new and pipe-renovated apartments will be billed based on actual apartment-specific consumption. At the same time, new water and district heating meters will be required to be remotely readable.
5 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 12/2018 vpPassed
Reforming interest subsidies for affordable housing
The terms and repayment schedule of interest-subsidised loans for state-subsidised rental and right-of-occupancy dwellings will be reformed to encourage the construction of more affordable housing, particularly in growth centres. At the same time, loan amortisation will be accelerated and the financing of housing repairs will be clarified.
22 May 2018 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 4, mietintö / Modig
96 jaa88 ei - HE 227/2016 vpPassed
Improving special-needs housing grants and rights
State support could be used to build service facilities in connection with sheltered housing for older people that will also serve other local residents. In addition, residents in sheltered housing would be guaranteed an official tenancy agreement and the tenancy rights that come with it.
15 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 155/2016 vpPassed
Reforming public-benefit rules for rental housing
Developers of new state-subsidised rental housing will no longer be required to hold public-benefit corporation status; instead, requirements will be applied directly to individual projects. At the same time, the maximum return permitted to owners will be cut and official oversight tightened.
2 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 99/2015 vpPassed
Moderating costs in state-subsidised housing
Rules for setting rents and maintenance charges in state-subsidised ARA and right-of-occupancy housing will be tightened to restrain housing costs. Provisions for future renovations collected from residents will be limited, and building owners will be obligated to put major property procurements out to competitive tender.
18 Dec 2015 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Riitta Myller 2
114 jaa72 ei - HE 127/2015 vpPassed
Tightening conditions for housing allowance
Housing allowance expenditure will be cut by freezing maximum housing expenditure limits for one year and increasing the impact of income on general housing allowance. The changes will reduce the allowance received by some beneficiaries.
17 Dec 2015 · 1 vote123 jaa63 ei