Cohousing for mental health and substance abuse clients

We provide communal housing for mental health and substance abuse patients who need daily support. To receive communal housing, contact the social work of your municipality’s housing services.

Communal housing is a housing service for adults who need daily support for managing everyday life and taking care of themselves due to a mental health or substance abuse disorder.

Our services are suitable for you when outpatient services or assisted housing are not sufficient to support your housing. The service includes an apartment for which you enter into a lease with the service provider. The service provides help and support for you as needed, for including:

monitoring your health
living free of substance abuse or reducing substance use
implementation of pharmacotherapy
monitoring your mental condition
seeing to your personal hygiene
nutrition or food preparation
maintaining a daily rhythm
management of your finances
acting in interactive situations
independent decision-making
using services provided by authorities
for mobility outside your home.

The service includes day or group activities. The personnel are present at the housing unit every day between 7:00 and 21:00, and they have special expertise in mental health and substance abuse disorders. The aim of the service is to maintain and promote your functional capacity and to help you with rehabilitation, so you can transfer to a form of housing with less support. Communal housing is voluntary, but requires that you want to accept the service and to act in accordance with your service plan. We will regularly assess your service needs with you. The service is for a fixed period.

Conditions for receiving the Service

The service is intended for adults who need daily assistance in their lives due to a mental health or substance abuse disorders. You must have a decision on communal housing issued by a social work professional. The service is suitable for you if outpatient services and services brought to your home or supported housing are not sufficient to support your needs. You need support in monitoring your health and coping with everyday tasks, such as pharmacotherapy, hygiene, meals, cleaning and financial matters.

This service is subject to a fee. The fee for the service is based on the number of service hours recorded in your service decision, your income and the size of your family. You can find the prices of the service on the client fees page.

You will find the prices of the service on the site for client fees.