Front page News News MDI studied the reasons for ARA rental housing offer refusals MDI studied the reasons for ARA rental housing offer refusals 1.4.2021 Refusal of ARA rental offers has negative effects on various parties, so there is a clear need to better understand the reasons for such refusals and to develop a process for receiving housing offers in order to reduce the number of refusals. The study provided information on the reasons for refusing a housing offer related to housing, housing offers and groups of residents. The second main task was to provide information on what measures related to the housing offer process, housing marketing and housing stock could be used to reduce refusals. Respondents were asked to indicate the three main reasons for refusing a housing offer. The most common reason reported was ‘other reasons’, but there were few clarifications here in terms of what was implied by this. The next most common reasons for refusing a housing offer were the location of the apartment, getting an apartment elsewhere and the poor condition of the apartment. Other listed reasons include the poor reputation of the residential area, the characteristics of the dwelling, factors related to the living environment, too high a rent level or the fact that the overlapping rents would have become too expensive. Based on the results of the study, development proposals emerged from four perspectives: Development of the search method for ARA rental apartments Changes to apartment search time limits Intra-municipal cooperation in providing rental housing and supporting reception Development of the social security system and the financial support system for housing The study focused on five rental housing companies operating in the Helsinki metropolitan area: Stadin asunnot, Espoon asunnot Oy, Vantaan asunnot Oy (VAV), M2 Kodit and Asuntosäätiö. The study used statistics from rental housing companies, a survey and interviews with those who refused a housing offer as well as expert interviews. The survey was conducted between October 2020 and February 2021. Read more Slide show More information Sari Pitkänen, sari.pitkanen@mdi.fi rental housing 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?
