Front page News News MDI coordinated a study on housing policy: No new tricks but more comprehensive support for existing instruments MDI coordinated a study on housing policy: No new tricks but more comprehensive support for existing instruments 12.9.2017 Housing prices and rents in Helsinki metropolitan area have risen sharply due to population growth and rising average income levels. The best way to restrain the growth of prices and rents is to increase housing supply in all growth centers nationally. Too small plot reserve has formed the worst bottleneck for housing construction in the 2000s. General plans and new major transport solutions are enabling more sustained planning and buildup of the plot reserve. There were two major purposes for the study: 1. to inquire the questions related to housing construction and high price levels on Helsinki metropolitan area, and 2. to assess the problem areas and effectiveness of housing subsidies. The questions on housing policy have remained the same for decades. The main finding of the study was that the instruments implemented in 2000s have started bearing fruit. Therefore, there is no need for radical changes, but successful policies and instruments need more support. In addition to MDIs own team, Seppo Laakso and Henrik Lönnqvist participated in the research. The study was commissioned by the audit committee of the Parliament of Finland. Eighteen recommendations were given, and realization of these will be monitored in the coming years. The study is available as a report (in Finnish) in Parliament’s online service. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme News 12.1.2023 AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition. Read more A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme
MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities News 12.10.2022 The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning. Read more MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities
A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies? News 4.10.2022 Although remote working and place-independent work have already been examined extensively from both the public administration implications and individual perspectives,… Read more A new project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture will explore multi-locality from the point of view of companies and their employers: is place-independence becoming the future norm of successful companies?
