Housing in Kauniainen

The prices for rented housing in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area are high. Housing rented out by the cities is more affordable than that rented out by companies and private persons.

Private rental housing

Housing rented out by companies and private persons can be found on the Internet through housing websites.

City-owned rental housing

If you wish to apply for a city-owned rental housing, please fill in an application form. You can obtain the relevant form from the information point of the Kauniainen City Hall, the Social Welfare Office or the website of the City of Kauniainen. The city website also provides instructions on how to apply for a rental housing.

Send the application to the following address:

Kauniaisten kaupunki
Vuokra-asunnot
PL 52
02701 Kauniainen

If you are a student, you may be able to rent a flat through HOAS, the Foundation for Student Housing in the Helsinki Region.

Read more: Rental housing

There are many advertisements on the Internet for housing for sale. Apartment prices in Kauniainen are quite high.

Read more about buying a dwelling on the InfoFinland page Buying a home.

If you become homeless due to a crisis or accident, contact the Social Welfare Office.

If a member of your family uses violence against you or threatens to do so, you can contact a shelter.

Pääkaupunkiseudun turvakoti (Helsinki Metropolitan Area Shelter)
Steniuksentie 20
00320 Helsinki

You can call the shelter at all hours of the day, the telephone number is (09) 477 180. You do not have to give your name when calling.

If you are young and have problems at home, you can contact a youth emergency shelter of the Finnish Red Cross. The nearest emergency shelter is in Espoo.

Youth Emergency Shelter
Läkkisepänkuja 2 A 14
02650 Espoo
tel. (09) 819 55360
turvatalo.espoo(at)redcross.fi

Home-care support services are available to those individuals, such as elderly and disabled people, who have difficulty coping with day-to-day activities without assistance.

Read more: Supported and service housing

Read more about sorting waste on the InfoFinland page Waste and recycling.