Housing and home services for persons with disabilities

Essential housing-related services may include assistance with daily activities.

Services and support measures can be provided in different housing units, group homes and residential care facilities, or as a service to one’s own home. For more information on housing services reserved for persons with severe disabilities or persons with intellectual disabilities, please contact social workers of disability services.

Most housing services are provided as a purchased service. The disability services provided by the city include three units that offer 24-hour house care:

• Kotiranta
• Portsan Kehräkoti
• Ruusukuja service apartments

Of these, Kotiranta and Portsan Kehräkoti are particularly suited for elderly persons with intellectual disabilities. The Ruusukuja service apartments also offer service housing for persons with severe disabilities. The housing services for disabled persons unit offers assisted and supported housing for persons with disabilities living in their own apartments.