Support for homelessness and housing

You can find the rental housing offered by the municipalities and cities in the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County through the links below. Some of the municipalities provide housing counselling.  

The housing counselling service is usually provided by the city/municipality and some landlords. Housing-related counselling is also organised by the Ohjaamotalo One-Stop Guidance Centre and various organisations. Don’t hesitate to contact housing counselling if you need help with finding a place to live! 
 

Espoo: Housing | City of Espoo(external link) 

Housing counselling of the City of Espoo: Housing Counselling in Espoo | Edistia – Services for a better tomorrow(external link) 

Hanko: Housing and rental apartments - City of Hanko (in Finnish)(external link) 

Ingå: Housing - Ingå (in Finnish)(external link) 

Karkkila: City of Karkkila (in Finnish)(external link) 

Kauniainen: Housing - Kauniainen (in Finnish)(external link) 

Housing counselling - Kauniainen (in Finnish)(external link) 

Kirkkonummi: Housing in Kirkkonummi - Kirkkonummi (in Finnish)(external link) 

Housing counselling - Kirkkonummi (in Finnish)(external link) 

Lohja: Housing - Lohja (in Finnish)(external link) 

Housing counselling of Lohjan Vuokra-asunnot Oy(external link) 

Raseborg: Construction and housing – Raseborg (in Finnish)(external link) 

Siuntio: Housing - Municipality of Siuntio (in Finnish)(external link) 

Vihti: Housing - Vihti (in Finnish)(external link) 

• Intoxicant-free temporary housing (temporary sober housing)

  • You can apply for the service through Social Services Guidance. If necessary, we will assess your overall situation and any support needs you may have and refer you to supported housing or other services. 

    If you want to apply for temporary sober housing, contact: 

    • Social Services Guidance (see the link for contact details and opening hours) 
    • Outside office hours, you can get necessary and urgent social services from our emergency number, contact: Social and crisis emergency services (see the link for contact details and opening hours) 
       
• Temporary housing, use of intoxicants permitted

  • You can go to the service at any time of the day and also call the unit, if necessary. 

    Olarinluoma temporary accommodation 

    Address: Luomanportti 9, 02210 Espoo.  
    Telephone number: +358 50 051 5978 
    Email address: olarinluomanvastaanottokoti@luvn.fi 

If you need supported housing, communal housing or service housing with 24-hour assistance, contact Social Services Guidance. As a rule, clients seeking housing services are referred through the services provided in social work.  

Below, you will also find some links to the social services of the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County for different situations: 

• General social work and counselling (General social work and social counselling | Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County) 
• Financial support (Financial support | Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County) 
• Omatila unit supporting people experiencing violence in intimate relationships (Omatila unit supporting people experiencing violence in intimate relationships | Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County) 
• Mental health and substance abuse services (Mental health and substance abuse services | Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County) 
• Support for integration (Support for integration | Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County) 
• Senior Info counselling / For the elderly (For the elderly | Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County)  
• Notifications of concern referred to in the Social Welfare Act 

Here is some useful information for when you have found an apartment:  

• “Checklist for moving house” (link)  
• “My place” housing information (link) 

If you have challenges related to housing, contact your landlord first (e.g., housing counselling provided by the landlord). Some large rental housing companies have organised housing counselling aimed at their residents

Some municipalities may also provide a housing counselling service. In the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County, the municipalities of Espoo, Kauniainen and Kirkkonummi offer housing counselling to their residents. In addition, Lohja provides housing counselling for the customers of Lohjan Vuokra-asunnot. 

• Housing counselling of the City of Espoo: Housing Counselling in Espoo | Edistia – Services for a better tomorrow(external link) 
• Kauniainen: Housing counselling - Kauniainen (in Finnish)(external link) 
• Kirkkonummi: Housing counselling - Kirkkonummi (in Finnish)(external link) 
• Lohja: Housing counselling of Lohjan Vuokra-asunnot Oy(external link)    

According to the statistics of the Centre for State-Subsidised Housing Construction (VARKE), homelessness in Finland is concentrated in the largest urban areas.  

For example, according to the most recent homeless count, there were a total of 447 homeless persons in Espoo, of whom 114 were long-term homeless (cross-sectional snapshot of the situation during one day in November 2025). (Source: Homeless people 2025(external link), VARKE) 

The Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County is currently running the project “Making use of ecosystem thinking in developing cooperation to eradicate and prevent long-term homelessness in Espoo” (EKOPIPO) in cooperation with the City of Espoo. The aim of the project is to eliminate long-term homelessness in Espoo by the end of 2027.  

• In the project, outreach street work is carried out in Espoo. Outreach work provides low-threshold support for homeless people and helps them seek the services they need. The workers actively visit everyday environments, such as streets, parks and various meeting places.  
• In addition, work to develop networks of services for young people, cooperation with landlords and cooperation with organisations in Espoo will be conducted in the project.