Setlement homes is the owner and developer of affordable rental homes. Setlementtiasunnot Oy is a communities built in 2000, a multi -talent for housing services and a socially sustainable housing producer. Currently, there are 21 rental houses, a little over 1,800 homes and about 2000 inhabitants in seven different cities.
in Kontula, Helsinki (Kontulantie 16, 00940 Helsinki ) in February 2023. The application process for an apartment will begin in mid-November 2022. The house has a total of 121 apartments, most of which are studios with a French balcony (27.5–31.5 m2), in addition to two-room apartments (38.5–43.5 m2) and three-room apartments with a balcony (59 m2). The 7-storey, single-staircase building also has good community space and a sauna on the top floor with a cooling balcony.
The needs of the students were listened to in the design of the student house. From the beginning, from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences were involved in the design. This allowed solutions that work from the perspective of different students to be included in the apartments and common areas and their equipment.
Kontula Settlement Apartments are located right next to Kontula Centre and the metro station, which is only a five-minute walk (one metro stop) from Metropolia's Myllypuro campus. The Myllypuro campus is a new hub for approximately 6,000 students and 500 employees. Future residents of Kontula House can also travel to other campuses in the SME region conveniently by metro.
Kontula Settlement Apartments have a suitable apartment for both single and family students. Rental apartments come in many sizes, from studios to family apartments. Residents have access to a variety of common areas on the first floor of the building. There is community space with a kitchen near the main entrance, where neighbors naturally meet each other. community space , you can read a newspaper or drink coffee, meet neighbors, chat and spend time, watch TV or participate in other activities. community space common areas on the ground floor that can be used as study and game spaces .
The rent includes the possibility of using the house laundry. The laundry has washing machines and dryers. There is a sauna with cooling facilities on the top floor of the house. The rent includes Elisa's 10 M housing company broadband.
In settlement apartments, residents are served by a housing coordinator . Housing coordinators support residents in housing-related matters and create conditions for community. They can be reached either through house visits, by phone or electronically.
Kontula
Kontula is a district in eastern Helsinki. It was built mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, but several new projects have been completed in the downtown area in the 2020s, especially in the downtown area.
Extensive services of Kontula, among others. The mall with its shops and restaurants, the library, the health center and the sports and swimming pool are just a stone's throw from our house. The Myllypuro Sports Mill and the Myllypuro and Kontula Sports Park are also nearby. Itäkeskus services and Itis shopping center are two metro stops.
There is good public transport in the area. The metro stop is only a couple of minutes' walk and Kontulantie also runs a trunk line 560.
Residential choice
The residential selection of a new project is made from all applications for student housing. Homes are student housing: at least one tenant must be a degree student. The right to the apartment is checked annually. ARA Rental House resident choices are made according to the statutory resident selection guidelines. The choice of residents is based on the needs assessment, which is influenced by the applicant's need, wealth and income. We are not able to inform everyone who applied for an apartment about the choices, but we are in contact with the applicants we can offer an apartment. The applicant's contacts have no effect on the choice of residents.
Once a new residential selection is made, free rental homes are in constant search. So you can submit your application anytime!

