We have over 17 000 apartments and operate in over 50 cities and municipalities in Finland. We are the fourth largest landlord in Finland.

The Y-Foundation offers rental homes for people experiencing homelessness and those who are under a threat of becoming homeless. Cities, municipalities and their property companies sublet our apartments to their residents in need of an own home.

Developer of new homes

Our mission is to enhance social justice. We do this by developing social housing to the largest Finnish cities lacking affordable housing. Our building projects are based on local needs.

We build housing units where support services are easy to arrange. We also develop and build state-subsidised rental homes under M2-Kodit. The Y-Foundation also acquires rental dwellings by purchasing individual apartments from housing companies on the free market.

The work we do relies heavily on our solid expertise on issues relating to homelessness and the Housing First principle. Our wide knowledge is based on a strong co-operation with municipalities and NGO’s. We also do research on homelessness.

The founding members of the Y-Foundation

• the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
• the City of Espoo
• the City of Helsinki
• the City of Tampere
• the City of Turku
• the City of Vantaa
• the Church Council
• the Finnish Construction Trade Union
• the Finnish Association for Mental Health
• the Finnish Red Cross
• the Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT