About me
Juha Kaakinen has worked as a Professor of Practice in the faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, since 2023. Before retiring in 2022 he was for nine years the CEO of Y-Foundation, which is the biggest nationwide NGO providing housing for homeless people and affordable social housing for nine years. He is an experienced developer of public administration and social and health services. He has also worked as a programme leader of the national programme to end long-term homelessness, and as a researcher and a consultant. He is internationally known as an experienced and passionate developer of innovative housing solutions to homeless people and social housing.
Main positions of trust
Board Member, The Blue Ribbon Foundation
Board Member, The Tukena Foundation
Research fields
Homelessness, housing policy, housing innovations, socially sustainable urban planning
Selected publications
latest article: What does it take to end homelessness? Tweaking or transforming systems
Cameron Parsell, Juha Kaakinen, Suzanne Fitzpatrick & Ella Kuskoff
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673037.2025.2493360?src=exp-la.
Latest publications
Asunnottomuus on alentunut
Kaakinen, J. & Turunen, S., 2025, Hyviä uutisia Suomesta: Menestyvän yhteiskunnan tilannekuva . Saari, J. (ed.). Tampere: Vastapaino, p. 329-343Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
What does it take to end homelessness? Tweaking or transforming systems
Parsell, C., Kaakinen, J., Fitzpatrick, S. & Kuskoff, E., 19 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: HOUSING STUDIES. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Suomi on asunnottomuuden poistamisen mallimaa
Kaakinen, J. & Turunen, S., 2024, In: Talous & yhteiskunta. 52, 1, p. 38-45 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Asunto- ja sosiaalipolitiikan kohtalonyhteys: asumistuen tapaus
Kaakinen, J., 2 Oct 2023, In: Alusta!.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Pääseekö omalääkärin vastaanotolle? : Hämeenlinnan seutuhanke. Osa 1
Erhola, M., Palomäki, A., Arvio, P., Laukkanen, M., Ylämurto, E., Heinonen, P. & Kaakinen, J., 2003, In: Suomen Lääkärilehti. 58, 45, p. 4603-4607 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review