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Low-income households can apply for housing allowance. Housing allowance can be used towards permanent rented accommodation, right-of-occupancy accommodation or owner-occupied accommodation in Finland. A household consists of people who share a living space. Housing allowance is granted for a household.

The following factors affect housing allowance and the rent share that you will need to pay yourself.

• the number of people in the household
• the location (municipality) and size of the apartment, the construction year of the building, and the method for heating the apartment
• the housing costs of the household
• the total monthly gross income of the household
• assets

The Kela website provides more information on housing allowance in Finnish, Swedish and English.