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The Law On Housing Repair-, Energy-And Health-Grants

Original Language Title: Laki asuntojen korjaus-, energia- ja terveyshaitta-avustuksista

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Law on housing repair, energy and health benefits

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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

ARTICLE 1
Scope and relationship with the State Aid Act

Grants from State resources may be awarded for the repair and maintenance of housing, for measures to promote the energy economy and for the health effects of housing, as provided for in this Act.

The grants provided for in this Act shall also apply to the State Aid Act (2002) , unless otherwise specified below.

ARTICLE 2
Applications for grants

Grants may support:

(1) repair of housing for the elderly and disabled;

(2) for the implementation of a waste water system that fulfils the requirements for the improvement of specific property-specific waste water systems outside the areas of operation of the water supply facilities;

3) due to the health effects of her dwelling, without its own fault for the repair of the dwelling of the financial difficulties or, if the dwelling has become unsuitable for housing or repair, the construction or purchase of an apartment;

(4) the installation of lifts in existing blocks and corrections to remove obstacles to movement;

(5) the completion of the planned correction of the residential building stock, by drawing up a fitness assessment, a fitness study or a maintenance book, or by design improvement; and

6. The reduction of emissions from the energy economy and the use of energy from energy use, including the introduction of renewable energies.

A decree of the Council of State may provide for more specific provisions on the use of grants.

ARTICLE 3
Operating plan

Grants may be awarded within the limits of the ceiling laid down in the State budget. If the amount of aid applied for exceeds the ceiling or if it is otherwise necessary, the State Council may decide on the regional operating criteria and the distribution of the grants for different uses.

§ 4
General conditions for granting

Grants may be awarded to the costs of the building in the year of residence, or, where the grant is granted in accordance with Article 2 (1) (3), for the construction of an apartment or, according to point 4 of that section, for a year-round housing The cost of the building to be taken. The measures to be taken shall be appropriate, taking into account the expected lifetime of the building and the need for residential use. In addition, the measures must be economically justified. The costs to be provided shall be reasonable.

Grants may be awarded only for those measures which have not been initiated until the State aid authority has granted the grant or approved the measure. Otherwise, the grant may be granted only for a specific reason.

In the same measure, more than one grant under this law may not be granted, except in the case of separate aid for the different stages of the same measure.

§ 5 (21.12.2010/1254)
Social and economic needs as a condition for granting

In addition to the general conditions referred to in Article 4, grants may be awarded under Article 2 (1) (1) and (2), in order to be socially and, in view of the low level of their income and wealth, as a whole, In a position where the award of the grant is necessary for the performance of the repair or other ancillary works.

In accordance with Article 2 (1) (3), the food court must have been in serious financial difficulties. The situation is assessed on the basis of the food's wealth, income and expenditure and other factors affecting the conditions of the food sector.

In accordance with Article 2 (1) (1) (6), the allowance for the repair costs of a building with a maximum of two dwellings comprising residential units should be low-income, unless aid is granted to support the introduction of renewable energy Action.

The conditions for social status, income, wealth, economic hardship and other conditions, as well as those which can be considered as supporting renewable energy, can be provided for: More specifically, the Government Decree.

ARTICLE 6 (19/12/2015)
Maximum grant

Grants may be eligible for eligible costs on the basis of project-specific consideration:

(1) up to 40 % or, for a specific reason, up to 70 %, if the grant is awarded for use in accordance with Article 2 (1) (1);

(2) up to 35 %, if the grant is awarded for use in accordance with Article 2 (1) (2);

(3) up to 70 % if the grant is awarded for use in accordance with Article 2 (1) (3);

(4) up to 50 % if the grant is awarded for use in accordance with Article 2 (1) (4);

(5) up to 50 % if the grant is awarded for use in accordance with Article 2 (1) (5);

(6) up to 15 % or, for a specific reason, up to 20 %, if the grant is awarded for use in accordance with Article 2 (1) (6); however, a maximum of 20 % for actions to support the introduction of renewable energy; and For energy audits up to 40 % or, for a specific reason, up to 50 %;

(7) up to 25 %, where the grant is awarded for use in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Article for a low-income subsidy to a minimum wage for a building with a maximum of two dwellings.

(21.12.2010/1254)

The specific reason given in paragraph 1 (1) is socially, health, and economically particularly difficult, as well as the commitment to long-term energy savings and monitoring in paragraph 6. The decree of the Council of State provides for the specific reasons referred to in paragraphs 1 and 6.

A decree of the Council of State may provide for the conversion of the maximum amounts of grants into euro.

§ 7
Eligible costs

Eligible costs shall not exceed the actual costs incurred by the construction or other aid measure. The eligible costs shall not be part of the cost of the work, in the case of a grant within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (6) or (7) of the grant to modify the heating mode of a building with no more than two dwellers. (21.12.2010/1254)

Where, in the circumstances referred to in Article 2 (1) (3), the grant is granted for the construction or acquisition of a dwelling, consideration of the acceptability of costs shall be taken into account in the consideration of the size of the food and the construction costs and the purchase price of the dwellings. Level in locality.

A decree of the Council of State may provide for further acceptable costs.

§ 8
Beneficiary

The grant is awarded to the owner of the building or the dwelling, or to the shareholder, whose shares produce the right to manage the fixed dwelling. However, where the maintenance responsibility for the maintenance of a building or dwelling is under the law or in writing that it has been permanently or permanently transferred to someone other than the abovementioned owner, the grant may, however, be granted in the case of maintenance For the person.

Grants for the construction or acquisition costs of the dwelling referred to in Article 2 (1) (3) may be awarded to the owner of the dwelling or the apartment which has been rendered unfit for repair.

Only the grants referred to in Article 2 (1) (4), (5) and (6) may be awarded to municipalities, municipalities and entities in which municipalities have control.

§ 9 (19/12/2015)
State aid authorities

The Housing and Development Centre shall be the State aid authority in the grants referred to in Article 2 (1) (3) and (4). The municipality is the State aid authority in the grants referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 5 and 6. However, the Centre for the Housing and Development of Housing is also a State aid authority for the latter, if the grant is awarded to the municipality or to the municipality or, if it supports the design of the basic improvement to which it is intended to be installed, Elevator.

Where appropriate, the municipality shall deliver an opinion on the grant application when the Centre acts as a State aid authority. To the extent that the request for an opinion relates to the assessment of the health claim, the health authority of the municipality shall be given an opinion.

The State aid authority is the municipality in which the building or dwelling is situated, unless otherwise agreed by the municipalities in a written agreement.

ARTICLE 10 (22.12.2009)
Other financing

Grants shall be awarded only to measures to which the applicant is not entitled to receive other public aid. To the extent that a grant applicant is entitled to reimbursement of the eligible costs referred to in this Act by virtue of an insurance contract or other contract, by law or by another equivalent, or costs or parts thereof, They form part of the Housing Company Act (1599/2009) Or under the Articles of Association to be paid by a housing limited company, no allowance under this Act shall be granted.

ARTICLE 11
Use restriction

A dwelling or dwelling building which has been awarded the grant referred to in Article 2 (1) (1) to (3) shall be used as the residence of the beneficiary for a period of five years from the grant of the grant. However, at the time of limitation, the accommodation may also be made available to a person who, in the event of a supply, fulfils the conditions of access to that repair allowance. If the grant referred to in Article 2 (1) (3) is granted for construction or acquisition, the abovementioned restriction applies to the construction or purchase of an apartment. In these cases, the five-year limitation period shall be calculated from the date on which the dwelling may have been used by the municipality. The State Aid Authority shall grant an exemption from the restriction in cases where the maintenance of the restriction would be disproportionate in the light of circumstances.

ARTICLE 12
Access to information from the Authority

The right of the State Aid Authority to obtain information from another authority shall be governed by Article 31 of the State Aid Act. The information is available free of charge.

ARTICLE 13
Verification of assistance subject

For the purpose of checking the use of the grant, the official shall have the right to access the premises repaired or repaired during the design and implementation of the repair work and in the course of the final inspection of the repairs where there are reasonable grounds for To doubt this law or to ensure that the funds are used to promote housing, the health of persons or the safeguarding of a healthy environment. However, an inspection in an apartment may be carried out only if it is necessary to clarify the above mentioned aspects. The State aid authority may, in the course of the award of the grant, be required to carry out any intermediate inspections and the completion of the repair work at the premises of the repair. The State Aid Authority shall organise a final inspection within a reasonable period of time after completion of the repair work.

ARTICLE 14 (19/12/2015)
Guidance and supervision of municipalities

The Housing and Development Centre directs and supervises the municipalities' procedure in the award of grants and grants. It shall have the right to obtain the necessary documents, information and reports for the purpose of monitoring.

§ 15 (19/12/2015)
Recovery of aid from the municipality

Where the municipality has acted in breach of the provisions adopted in the granting of a grant, and where there is no fault or omission, the Housing Finance and Development Centre may not pay all or part of the grant to the municipality and to recover from the municipality Or partly recovered by the municipality.

In the case of an unwarranted grant, the municipality shall pay interest on the amount to be recovered, from the date of payment of the grant, (633/1982) The interest rate referred to in paragraph 2.

If the amount to be recovered is not paid at the latest on the maturity date set by the Housing and Development Centre, it shall be subject to annual default interest. Article 4 of the Corinth Act According to the interest rate referred to in paragraph 1.

The Centre for the Housing and Development of Housing may decide that the interest and interest rate referred to in this paragraph shall be partially or wholly waived if the full payment obligation is disproportionate to the circumstances underlying the recovery And procedures.

ARTICLE 16
More detailed provisions on certain issues

More detailed provisions on the procedure for the application of grants and the payment of grants shall be laid down, where appropriate, by a Council Regulation.

§ 17
Entry into force

This Act shall enter into force on 1 February 2006.

This law repeals the Law of 3 December 2002 on the repair and energy assistance of dwellings (1021/2002) With its subsequent modifications.

Articles 11 to 15 of the Law shall also apply to grants awarded under the repealed Law in so far as it is an exemption from the restriction of use, access to information from the authorities, the verification of the aid destination, the control and supervision of the municipalities, or Recovery of the grant from the municipality.

Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement it.

THEY 134/2005 , YmVM 14/2005, EV 144/2005

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

19.12.2008/1059:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2009.

Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 141/2008 , YmVM 11/2008, EV 166/2008

22.12.2009/16:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 July 2010.

THEY 24/2009 , YmVM 10/2009, EV 206/2009

21 DECEMBER 2010/1254:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2011.

Measures initiated before the entry into force of this Act shall apply to the provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Act.

Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 140/2010 , YmVM 9/2010, EV 209/2010