Housing and Construction

In the 2000s, an average of 1 600 new homes have been built per year. At the beginning of 2010, there were approximately 95 000 homes in Vantaa. Almost 37 000 of these were in detached or semi-detached houses, terraced or single-family houses, and almost 58 000 in apartment buildings.
Lots of commercial property and premises are also built. At the beginning of 2010, there were 262 commercial buildings, 212 office buildings, 523 industrial buildings and 460 warehouse buildings in Vantaa.

High-Quality and Harmonious Neighbourhoods

In Vantaa, zoning, construction supervision and housing issues fall jointly under the sphere of the land use and the environment authorities. Sound land policy, zoning and construction management all ensure that new residential areas as well as further building in existing areas fit in naturally with the present city structure. The aim is to build neighbourhoods with high-quality and socially harmonious living environments that offer a wide range of housing options to choose from: options that meet the needs of both current and future Vantaa residents.
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.


Construction Management

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 neighbourhoods 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.