Good news for residents in shared apartments: Here’s how you can receive your own housing allowance while living in a friends’ apartment!
Did you know that even if you have a joint rental agreement for a friends’ apartment, you can still receive your own separate housing allowance? This is possible because Kela considers tenants as separate households under the following conditions.
When residents in a friends’ apartment draft a mutual possession agreement for the apartment and submit it as an appendix to their housing allowance application, Kela can grant a separate housing allowance to each resident. This brings flexibility and clarity to shared housing – and in the best case, you can even save money!
It is easy to draft the possession agreement among the residents. Please remember to update the agreement if the residents change. The possession agreement includes the following information: the duration of the agreement, the rental agreement appendix, the individuals affected by the agreement, how the apartment is divided among the residents, how the rent is paid, and the division of responsibility for other expenses.
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AYY’s new student housing building completed in Otaniemi – 153 new student apartments
Aalto University Student Union’s (AYY) new student building in Otaniemi was completed on 31 July 2026. Otakaari 15 brings 153 new student apartments to the metropolitan area, providing homes for approximately 200 Aalto University students. All apartments have been rented.
The new Design Notebook has been published
The brand-new Design Notebook is now available and can be collected from AYY service office or Kipsari student restaurant free of charge. The notebook was designed by Wenjia Tang, a master’s student in Visual Communication Design, who won the design competition earlier this year.
Apply for AYY’s SYL General Assembly Delegation or run for the SYL Board!
Apply for AYY’s SYL General Assembly Delegation or run for the SYL Board!