Housing is a basic need for each and every one of us. However, our housing hopes and expectations vary according to the stage of the progress in society and to individual situations in life. A home that meets one’s own individual needs is not enough as such; the services of the area, the opportunities for leisure activities and hobbies as well as the chance to promote one’s own lifestyle are relevant issues nowadays when choosing a place to live. The surrounding nature, good public transport and services as well as single or two-family housing rank highly on the list of Finnish housing expectations. Furthermore, living centrally and finding housing for single people have also become more popular factors during recent years.
The ability to offer a wide range of housing options is an important target for the City, a target with which it aims to provide the desired form of housing during the different stages of life, even within the same living area.
In Vantaa, most housing wishes are met. Vantaa offers nature, space and countryside scenery. The services are good, as are the transport services to Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland as well as abroad. And above all, one gets more living space for less money as compared to the rest of the metropolitan region.
The quality requirements in construction have become considerably stricter during the past years due to, e.g., the aim to control global warming. The new requirements create challenges in both new construction and the development of neighborhoods as well as in the maintenance of existing buildings.
The duties of construction supervision in Vantaa include monitoring adherence to zoning, processing permits for construction and other measures as well as monitoring the maintenance of the built environment and its buildings. Furthermore, construction supervision also deals with the repair and energy grant applications.41
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