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Housing in Finland

Renting, deposits, tenant rights, buying and the words on your lease.

Verified 19 September 2026

Finnish renting is fair and formal: the law protects tenants strongly, contracts are standard, and almost everything is done by message. The hard part is the first apartment, when you have no Finnish credit history and no henkilötunnus yet. These guides get you through it.

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Renting an apartment in FinlandWhere to find rental apartments in Finland, how to win one without a Finnish history, what the deposit and lease mean, the tenant's rights the law guarantees, what is and is not included in the rent, and how to give notice.