Statistics on general housing allowances 
Producer
Kela - The Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Description
The statistics on the general housing allowance contain data on payments of general housing allowance by Kela.They provide statistical information about recipient households, their dwellings and housing costs and the expenditure on general housing allowances.Together with the statistics on the housing allowance for pensioners, the housing supplement for students and the housing assistance for conscripts, they present an overall view of means-tested housing benefits.
Data content
The households in receipt of general housing allowance at the reference time point, data about dwellings and the amount of housing allowance, and benefit expenditure during the statistical reference period.
Classifications used
General demographic classifications (according to the main breadwinner), general dwelling classifications and general regional classifications.
Data collection methods and data sources
Compiled from individual-level statistical registers, which are based on benefit databases created in the course of administering the general housing allowances scheme.
Updating frequency
Published monthly, quarterly and once per calendar year.
Time of completion or release
The monthly and quarterly statistics are published within five weeks of the statistical reference month or quarter and the annual statistics by the middle of the year following the reference year.
Time series
Information about the general housing allowance is available since 1975. The main statistical units are comparable at the aggregate level since 1981.
Keywords
Housing, housing allowance.