The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) and Tampere University started a new project on Future Senior Housing to figure out current practices and possible future developments in 2023 that held its final seminar in 2025.
The project had many partners from the field, who worked together to find future ways to arrange and build senior housing.
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Background
Finland's people age rapidly and there is need for new ways to arrange senior housing. When creating housing and services, we need to take into consideration various questions and actors, such as municipalities, service providers and builders.
Goal
The goals of the project were:
- Find good models and practices for senior housing, that work in practice.
- Create new design solutions that are flexible and versatile.
- New models and technologies for service production.
- Suggestions for the development of senior housing surveillance and norms.
- International senior housing models and their applications in Finland.
Impact
The project produced foreknowledge on future senior housing that is age friendly. It also created concepts and operating models for senior housing. By co-developing it produced suggestions for the surveillance and regulation of senior housing.
Funding source
and co-operation partners
Asumisen rahoitus- ja kehittämiskeskus (ARA)
Ympäristöministeriö
Ara-Asuntojen Tuontanto Arttu Oy
De Gamlas Hem i Tammerfors r.f. – Vanhain Koti Tampereella r.y.
ES-Laatuasunnot Oy
Hailuodon kunta
Helsingin kaupunki, HEKA
Iisalmen kunta
Jyväskylän kaupunki
Järvenpään kaupunki
Keski-Suomen Jaso Asunnot Oy
Kiinteistö Oy Haapajärven Vuokratalot
Kiinteistö Oy Kärrykartano
Kiinteistö Oy Vetelinraitti
Kirkkonummen Vuokra-asunnot Oy
Lahden kaupunki
Lahden vanhusten asuntosäätiö sr
Savonlinnan Vuokratalot Oy
Setlementtiasunnot Oy
Turun kaupunki
Tuusulan kunta
Tyvene Oy
Vaasan kaupunki
Yrjö ja Hanna -säätiö
Co-operator:
Vanhustyön keskusliitto