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The Law On The General Housing Support

Original Language Title: Laki yleisestä asumistuesta

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Law on general housing assistance

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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

Chapter 1

General provisions and definitions

ARTICLE 1
Purpose of the law

The purpose of this law is to reduce the cost of housing in the food sector through the payment of housing assistance from State resources.

ARTICLE 2
Living in Finland

Only a person who lives in Finland is considered to be a permanent part of the food. The application of this law shall be governed by the law on the application of social security legislation (15/071993) Included.

ARTICLE 3
Implementation of the law

The general management, control and development of housing support is part of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Other tasks under this Act shall be exercised by the Social Insurance Institution. Operational expenditure arising from the implementation of this law shall be considered as operating expenditure for the People's Pension Fund.

§ 4
Food

People living in the same apartment are members of the same household. The various members of the household shall be composed of persons who, on the basis of a separate rental agreement or an equivalent management contract, control part of the apartment, or have been placed under a contract of treatment on the basis of an illness or disability. For the purposes of this Act, the term 'housing allowance' refers to all members of the food court.

The same food shall always include spouses or unmarried couples who live in the same dwelling, their minor children and relatives of direct descendants or relatives, subject to paragraph 4. The relatives referred to in this paragraph shall also be treated in the same way as foster children and child protection (417/2007) in Article 81 Intended for private use.

If the spouses are separated by separation and do not have a common economy, they will not be included in the same food court.

The cuisine referred to in paragraph 1 shall not include a student who: Article 14 of the ec Treaty Is entitled to a housing allowance, except where the housing allowance is granted for an apartment in another place of the student and not a student receiving a grant or equivalent benefit.

The food shall be represented by the proprietor or his/her spouse, by a person authorised by the Community Food Authority or by the person in whose name a separate lease agreement or equivalent management contract is in place.

§ 5
Unmarried partner

For the purposes of this law, the term 'unmarried partner' means a man and a woman living in an unmarried life in a common household under conditions of marriage.

ARTICLE 6
Child

For the purposes of this law, the child refers to a person under the age of 18.

§ 7
Apartment

Housing allowance may be granted for the housing expenditure of a dwelling, housing or ownership of a dwelling, which is considered to be a permanent residence in Finland. The dwelling shall be suitable for use as a dwelling and for its official purpose as a residence or otherwise intended for permanent residence.

Rental dwelling means an apartment whose management is based on the law on the rental of the apartment (1994) Of the lease agreement.

As provided for in this Act, the rental apartment also applies to the Housing Housing Act (650/1990) , unless otherwise specified below.

Owner dwellings are share dwellings and other holdings. Shareholder dwellings are the property owned by a housing company or a housing cooperative owned by a housing cooperative.

Chapter 2

Conditions for access to housing

§ 8
Right to housing assistance

The food court shall be entitled to receive a housing allowance of 80 % of the amount of the maximum amount of housing allowance referred to in Article 9, less than the maximum amount referred to in Article 10, less than the amount of the food in accordance with Article 16. Of a basic form of responsibility.

No housing allowance under this law shall be granted:

(1) for a student who is a tenant who, according to Article 14 of the Student Law Act, is entitled to a housing allowance, except where, according to Article 4 (4) of this Law, a student is included in a housing allowance, or a student who receives a foreign A grant or equivalent benefit or is entitled to a free apartment on behalf of the institution;

2) a food court consisting of two persons married or unmarried, to which the right of a pensioner is entitled under (571/2007) On the basis of entitlement to housing support for a pensioner; and

(3) food for which the sole or all members are entitled to the housing allowance of the pensioner mentioned in paragraph 2.

§ 9
Eligible housing expenditure

The rent and the cost of water charges and heating costs are eligible for the residence of the dwelling in the premises of the lodger. Separate water charges shall be taken into account for EUR 17 per person per month and for heating costs of EUR 38 per month in a single food service. If there is more than one person in the food, EUR 13 shall be added to the heating costs for each additional person.

Housing expenditure for accommodation and financing of the dwelling is eligible for the housing allowance. The consideration for the management of the equity is the consideration and the cost of water and heating costs separately. Water charges and heating costs shall be taken into account in accordance with paragraph 1.

For the management of other holdings:

The whole spirit of the food Expenditure to be taken into consideration €/month
1 89
2 107
3 135
4 159

If there are more than four members of the food, the care expenditure for the rest of the dwelling shall be increased by EUR 49 per table of food exceeding four persons.

The heating costs referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, as well as those referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4, shall be increased by 4 % in the provinces of Southern Savo, North Savo and Northern Karelia, and 8 % for Northern Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lapland Provinces.

For the purposes of the financing of the household, the monthly interest rate for the purchase of the dwelling and the basic improvement shall be 73 %. 73 % of the monthly interest rates for the acquisition of the right to residence are accepted as expenditure in the housing court. The loans referred to above shall be granted by the State, the municipality, the congregation or the credit institution which is subject to public oversight.

The accommodation expenditure referred to in Article 2 (2) shall be taken into account, in the form of maximum treatment, of a maximum of 30 % of the maximum total cost of housing and maximum funding for the food referred to in Article 10. An amount of 70 % of the maximum housing expenditure for the food sector. If treatment costs exceed the maximum care expenditure, the overhead section shall be taken into account for 73 % of the eligible expenditure.

If the lessee has a subtenant, the amount of the rent paid by the subtenant shall be deducted from the housing expenditure referred to in this Article. The dwelling in the owner's dwelling shall be deducted from the rent paid by the subtenant and any residual amount of the financial expenditure.

If a student resides in the same apartment as a student within the meaning of Article 4 (4), a housing allowance shall be included in the order of residence of the food in the form of a share of the dwelling expenses of the members of the household, unless otherwise authorised The distribution key.

ARTICLE 10
Maximum housing expenditure

In accordance with Article 9 of the Food Law, expenditure on housing eligible for approval shall be taken into account for a maximum of the following amounts per month:

The whole spirit of the food Category I Category II Chapter III IV exercise group
1 508 492 411 362
2 735 706 600 527
3 937 890 761 675
4 1095 1.038 901 804

In the case of more than four persons, the maximum accommodation expenses for the dwelling referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased to EUR 137, EUR 130, EUR 130, EUR 123 and EUR 118 for each of the EUR 118 for each four persons; For each member of the food court.

The municipalities are divided into fitness groups as follows:

Group I: Helsinki

Category II: Espoo, Beautiful and Vantaa

Group III: Hyvino, Hämeenlinna, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Lake, Kajaani, Cerava, Kirkkonummi, Kuopio, Lahti, Lappeenranta, Lappeenranta, Nokia, Nurmijärvi, Oulu, Pori, Porvoo, Rapio, Riihimäki, Rovaniemi, Seinäjoki, Sons, Blessings, Tampere, Turku, Tuusula, Vaasa and Hate

Group IV: Other municipalities.

ARTICLE 11
Maximum housing expenditure for a disabled person

If a disabled person includes a disabled person whose condition is particularly high due to the need for assistance or assistance to a disabled person or a disabled person, the maximum housing expenditure shall be taken into account for a person greater than that of the person The size of the food.

ARTICLE 12
Revenue to be taken into account in the event of residence

For the purposes of calculating the monthly income, the monthly income shall be taken into account for the continuous or repeated gross income received by a member of the food court, with the exception of the privileged income referred to in Article 15. The income shall not be taken into account for the inheritance, the gift, the occasional profit and the windfall income and the income of children, except for the income of the applicant and his/her spouse.

The monthly income may be considered to be at least equal to the income of the labour market, unless it can be demonstrated that the person does not have the possibility of acquiring equivalent income.

If the income does not receive a reliable statement of income, the taxable income set out in the last tax return may be taken into account as income, plus the percentage which the tax administration, in its annual decisions, ex ante The calculation criteria.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1:

(1) as an entrepreneur, as an agricultural undertaking and as a beneficiary of a grant, account shall be taken of the entrepreneur's pension scheme; (1272/2006) And the farmer's pension scheme (1280/2006) In accordance with the working income established; and

(2) the income of forestry shall be taken into account in the light of the (1142/2005) According to point (3), the average annual forest yield multiplied by the forest area.

Interest income and dividend income shall be taken into account when the members' personal interest and dividend income exceeds EUR 10 per month.

The rent is deducted from the charge and treatment costs paid by the lessor. However, the maximum treatment expenditure referred to in Article 9 shall be deducted from the treatment costs.

No housing allowance shall be granted if the sum of the continuous monthly income of the members of the food court exceeds the amount in which housing benefit is no longer paid to the food, irrespective of the size of the expenditure on housing.

ARTICLE 13
Income reduction

Eur 300 per month for the calculation of the amount of the salary of the member of the food population and the income under Article 12 (4) (1) shall be deducted from the amount of the allowance.

Article 13 enters into force on 1 September 2015.

ARTICLE 14
Constant income

The continuous income shall be kept for at least three months from the date on which the aid was granted or verified.

If the income varies over the three months referred to in paragraph 1, the monthly income shall be calculated as the average income on the basis of the income attributed to the food in the course of the year.

§ 15
Proper income

For the purposes of calculating housing allowance, no account shall be taken of:

(1) children's rights (796/1992) For children;

(2) maternity allowance (477/1993) In the case of maternity benefits;

(3) the law on disability benefits (1920/2007) The benefits under way;

(4) medical and research expenditure on the basis of accident insurance;

(5) military assistance (781/1993) Of the European Union;

(6) the breast mass pension law (19/1997) The breast malt and the excess breast malt;

(7) study grants in the field of study grants;

(8) the Law on Income Support (19/05/1997) , or any other benefit;

(9) The Law on Rehabilation and Rehabilitisation of the Social Insurance Institution (5606) The maintenance fee;

(10) Public Employment and Business Service Act (1916/2012) Reimbursement of expenses or other similar expenses or maintenance allowances;

(11) grants and other similar allowances paid for non-subsistence purposes;

(12) Family care (312/1992) And of the Children's Day Care Act, (186/1973) Reimbursement of costs for family day care;

(13) military cordage (404/1948) Compensation;

(14) orphan's pensions for family pensions;

(15) reimbursement of the specific costs of a defect, injury or handicap;

16) of the National Pensions Act (568/2007) A child increase;

(17) the child maintenance allowance, which is carried out on the basis of a court order or a certified written agreement; (1080/2008) Support for child support;

(18) accident insurance law (608/1948) Of the European Union;

(19) reimbursement of travel allowances, reimbursement of travel expenses and reimbursement of medical expenses, and comparable costs;

(20) Law on the support of property (1920/2005) Of a therapeutic class;

(21) rental income from the subtenant referred to in Article 9 (8);

(22) a share of the profits of the estate; and

(23) benefits or income equivalent to those mentioned in points (1) to (22).

A family nurse L 312/1992 Has been repealed by the Family Care Act 253/2015 From 1.4.2015.

ARTICLE 16
Basic deductibilities

The basic deductible proportion shall be 40 % of the income to be taken into account in the case of housing, minus the amount of income eligible for full support. The income eligible for full support is eur 555 plus eur 92 for each adult and eur 205 for every child in the food sector. If the basic ownership share is less than EUR 10, it shall not be taken into account.

At least one adult shall be deemed to belong to the food court when determining the basic level of responsibility.

Chapter 3

Provisions concerning the implementation

§ 17
Application for housing support

Residential support is requested from the Social Insurance Institution. The Social Insurance Institution shall establish the procedures and forms necessary for the implementation of this law.

ARTICLE 18
Background application period

The residence allowance shall be granted retroactively for a period not exceeding the previous month if the conditions for receiving the aid have already been fulfilled. Similarly, in the case of an increase in the amount of housing allowance, on the basis of Article 27.

§ 19
Reporting obligation for the applicant for housing support

The application for a residence aid shall include:

(1) identity of the applicant and of other members of the food supply;

(2) housing expenditure and the information necessary to determine them;

(3) information on the revenue referred to in Article 12 of all persons belonging to the food service.

The applicant for housing assistance shall also provide the National Pensions Office with any other information necessary to settle the application and to pay the housing allowance.

§ 20
Obligation to notify the recipient of the housing allowance

The beneficiary of the residence allowance shall inform the National Pensions Office:

(1) marriage and dissolution of marriage;

(2) the termination of the cohabitation and the cessation of the cohabitation;

(3) the change in the number of persons covered by the food;

(4) removal from the premises of the food court or change of residence;

(5) a reduction of at least eur 50 per month in the housing expenditure of the food court;

(6) an increase of at least eur 400 per month in the continuous monthly income of the food;

(7) entitlement to housing allowance under the law on the entitlement of a pensioner to a pensioner;

(8) the entitlement to a person's entitlement to a housing allowance in accordance with the law of study grants;

(9) the termination of the right of residence of a student living in the same apartment;

(10) the taking of a subtenant or the waiver of the subtenant;

(11) the change in the shape of the dwelling in the food sector; and

12) a change in the territory of a member of the food court or a stay abroad.

ARTICLE 21
Resolving the application on the basis of available information

An application for a housing allowance may be made on the basis of the information available to the National Pensions Office if the applicant refuses to provide the information required for the purpose of resolving the application referred to in Articles 19 and 20, or to submit a report which: He may reasonably be required.

§ 22
Decision on housing assistance

The applicant shall be granted a written decision on the granting, rejection, revision, suspension and recovery of the residence allowance. A written decision shall also be given to the applicant where the housing allowance is paid to the lessor on the basis of Article 25 (2). Decisions under this law shall be adopted free of charge.

ARTICLE 23
Consideration of application for residence aid

The application shall be treated without undue delay.

The Social Insurance Institution shall issue a residence aid decision not later than the thirtieth calendar day of the receipt of the application.

In the event of inadequacy of the application due to the inadequacy of the application within the time limit laid down in paragraph 2, the National Pensions Office shall, within that period, take action to investigate the matter. The decision shall be made at the latest on the fourteenth calendar day following receipt of the information necessary for the purpose of resolving the case.

§ 24
Allocation and payment of housing assistance

Housing allowance shall be granted to the food service. The decision shall be notified to the applicant.

Housing allowance shall be paid on the first or second working days of each calendar month to an account held in the European Union by a representative of the food court or by his authorised representative. However, a specific refund may be paid in other ways if it is not possible to pay the account, or if the recipient of the housing allowance presents a particular reason for the other payment.

If the amount of the housing allowance is less than EUR 15, the aid shall not be paid.

ARTICLE 25
Payment of housing support to the lessor and the obligation to notify the lessor

Housing allowance may be paid directly to the landlord under the authority of the recipient of the housing allowance.

The Social Insurance Institution may decide that the housing allowance shall be paid directly to the lessor without the authorisation of a resident, if the recipient of the housing allowance has failed to pay the rent for at least two consecutive months. The assessment of the default shall take account of the circumstances of the beneficiary. Payment of the housing allowance directly to the lessor shall be terminated at the request of the lessee, where there is no longer any basis for payment of the lessor.

Where the payment of the housing allowance is paid to the lessor, the lessor is obliged to inform the National Pensions Office if the beneficiary's right to hold an apartment under his control is terminated or he/she moves out of an apartment in which the Granted. The notification should mention the date of expiry of the tenant's management entitlement and the date of the change in the apartment.

§ 26
Detention of guaranteed housing assistance to the National Pensions Office

The residence allowance granted retrospectively may be deducted from the residence allowance paid by the Social Insurance Institution to the Social Insurance Institution, in so far as the Social Insurance Institution grants housing aid retroactively to the period in which the recipient of the housing allowance or A person belonging to the same household has received a housing allowance under the Housing Act.

Chapter 4

Revision and withdrawal of aid

§ 27
Conditions for the revision of housing support

The amount of the housing allowance shall be adjusted as a year after the start of the aid or the previous review.

Housing support shall also be reviewed if:

(1) the continuous monthly income of the food has increased by at least EUR 400 or less than EUR 200;

(2) the cost of housing paid by the food court referred to in Article 9 shall be at least EUR 50 per month;

(3) the food change dwellings or the form of the accommodation changes;

(4) the number of persons in the food shall be permanently changed, or if the food is taken by the food court or by a subtenant; or

(5) if a person resident in the same dwelling, in the same apartment, starts the studies on the basis of which he is entitled to a housing allowance in accordance with a law entitlement or otherwise becomes entitled to a housing allowance, or if he/she is resident in the same dwelling 4 § 4; The right of residence of the student referred to in the article shall end.

However, in the case of a reduction in housing allowances, the amount of the housing allowance shall not be adjusted in the case referred to in paragraph 2 (2) on the basis of the increase in housing expenditure, unless the increase in the monthly income has also taken place within the meaning of paragraph 2 (1).

The residence allowance may be revised without an application if all the reasons for the review are available to the National Pensions Office.

ARTICLE 28
Date of revision

The housing allowance shall be adjusted in the cases referred to in Article 27 (2):

(1) from the beginning of the month following the month of the month from which the change in income referred to in paragraph 1 is valid;

(2) and (3), from the beginning of the month in which the changed or new housing expenditure is paid for the whole month;

(3) pursuant to paragraph 4, the beginning of the month for which the change in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 is in force; or

(4) in accordance with paragraph 5, the beginning of the month from which the entitlement to the residence allowance begins or the beginning of the month following the end of the month of residence.

§ 29
Abolition of housing support

Housing allowance shall be abolished:

1) from the beginning of the month in which the amendment referred to in Article 27 would enter into force if the food council asks for its residence support to be abolished;

(2) from the beginning of the month following the date on which the food is moved out of the apartment to which the housing allowance is granted, unless the housing allowance is adjusted on the basis of Article 27 (2) (3);

(3) the beginning of the month which, according to Article 8, no longer has the right to housing assistance;

(4) the beginning of the month from which the housing expenditure referred to in Article 9 paid by the food court ceases; or

(5) from the beginning of the month from which the amendment referred to in Article 27 (1) would enter into force if the food council did not provide the information necessary for the revision of the housing allowance within a reasonable period of time.

ARTICLE 30
Temporary suspension or reduction of living aid

The payment of the residence allowance may be temporarily suspended in part or in full if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the beneficiary of the housing allowance is not, or otherwise, entitled to or part of the aid due to change in circumstances. If the beneficiary does not provide the supplementary information requested, the decision shall be decided by the final decision on the basis of the explanations provided by the National Pensions Office.

Chapter 5

Recovery recovery

ARTICLE 31
Recovery of housing assistance

If the amount of the housing allowance has been paid unduly or in excess of the amount paid, the amount of overpaid aid must be recovered.

Recovery may be waived, either in whole or in part, if it is considered reasonable and the undue payment has not been due to the fraudulent conduct of the beneficiary or his representative or where the amount unduly paid is limited. Recovery may be waived in full after the adoption of the decision on recovery if, in the light of the economic situation of the recipient of the aid for recovery, it is no longer appropriate to continue or to extend the recovery Disproportionate costs incurred in relation to the amount of the housing allowance which is not recovered.

The amount to be recovered may be offset by the subsequent payment of a housing allowance paid by the National Pensions Office or other related benefits. However, the receipt of the consent of the beneficiary of a housing allowance may only be applied to any other benefit under this law or equivalent.

Unduly paid aid may also be recovered from the lessor, if the lessor has been paid for a period of residence for which he is no longer entitled to collect rent or if the lessor has failed to pay the rent referred to in Article 25 Or if he or she otherwise has raised housing benefits in the knowledge that the beneficiary is no longer entitled to a housing allowance.

A final decision on recovery can be carried out, such as a legal judgment.

ARTICLE 32
Recovery of aid from members of the food court

The excess amount paid shall be recovered from the members of the food court referred to in Article 4. Too much paid aid may be recovered from the applicant, his marital or unmarried partner or any other adult who has been overpaid during the overpayment, who is committed to the joint responsibility for the repayment of the aid paid too much. Priority shall be given to the applicant. Reasons for recovery are a valid decision. When overpaid aid is charged to a non-applicant, a separate decision is taken on recovery.

§ 33
Obsolescence of the claim to be recovered

The decision on the recovery of unduly paid housing shall be taken within five years from the date of payment of the housing allowance.

The recovery decision established by the recovery decision shall expire five years after the date of adoption of the decision, unless the limitation period has been terminated. The limitation of the limitation of the limitation shall apply to the (728/2003) Articles 10 and 11 . A new period of five years shall begin to elapse between breaking off the limitation period.

Chapter 6

Appeals and correction of the decision

§ 34
Right of appeal

For the purpose of appeal, the Appeals Board of Social Security and the right of insurance. The Social Security Appeals Board is governed by the Law on the Board of Appeal of Social Security (1299/2006) And the right to insurance in the law on insurance (182/2003) .

An appeal against a decision by a public pension institution under this Act shall be subject to appeal by a written complaint from the Appeals Board of Social Security. The decision of the Board of Appeal of the Social Security Appeals Board may appeal against the right of appeal, as provided for in the Law on Administrative Law (18/06/1996) Provides. The decision to appeal shall not be appealed against.

The decision of the Social Insurance Institution shall, in spite of the appeal, be complied with until a decision has been taken by a final decision.

The decision of the National Pensions Office shall not be subject to appeal against the decision if the decision has been granted on a provisional basis or in accordance with Article 25 (2).

ARTICLE 35
Appeals time

The statement of appeal shall be submitted to the National Pensions Office by 30 days after the date on which the party is deemed to have been informed of the decision. The party shall be deemed to have been informed on the seventh day following the date on which the decision has been posted to the address to which he has notified the decision, if the appeal is not otherwise displayed.

§ 36
Self-adjustment

If the Social Insurance Institution fully accepts the requirements of the complaint submitted to it, it shall issue a decision on the matter. An appeal shall be lodged against the decision of the amendment as provided for in Article 34.

If the Social Insurance Institution does not rectify the contested decision as provided for in paragraph 1, it shall, within 30 days of the end of the period of appeal, forward the appeal and its opinion to the appeal body concerned. In such a case, the Social Insurance Institution may, by way of a temporary decision, correct its previous decision in so far as it accepts the claim made in the complaint. If the appeal has already been lodged with the appeal body concerned, the provisional decision shall be notified to it without delay.

The period provided for in paragraph 2 may be waived if the request for further clarification as a result of the complaint is required. In that case, the applicant shall be informed without delay. However, the statement of appeal and the opinion shall always be submitted to the appeal body concerned no later than 60 days after the end of the appeal.

ARTICLE 37
Complaint after the appeal

If, after the expiry of the period laid down in Article 35, the appeal to the Appeals Board for Social Security or the right of insurance has arrived, the appeal may be admissible if there has been a serious cause for delay.

ARTICLE 38
Correction of a mistake

Where the decision of the People's Pensions Office is based on a manifest error or lack of clarity or a procedural defect in the application of a manifest error of law or a decision, the Social Insurance Institution may withdraw its incorrect decision and Resolve the case.

The decision may be rectified to the benefit or to the detriment of the party. The correction of the decision to the detriment of the party shall be subject to the agreement of the party concerned. However, the consent of the party shall not be required if the error is obvious and has been caused by the party's own procedure.

ARTICLE 39
Correction of a legal decision

In the case of a case involving a refusal to grant residence aid or an increase in the amount of residence aid granted, the National Pensions Office shall re-examine the case. Without prejudice to an earlier decision, the Social Insurance Institution may grant a residence allowance or grant a higher living allowance. Similarly, the Appeals Board for Social Security and the right of insurance may proceed accordingly when dealing with the appeal. The decision may be appealed against as provided for in Article 34.

ARTICLE 40
Removal of a legal decision

If the final decision of the National Pension Support Office is based on a false or incomplete statement or appears to be contrary to the law, the Appeals Board of Social Security may, at the request of the interested party or the People's Pensions Office, Withdraw the decision and refer the matter to the Court again. The Social Security Review Board shall provide the parties with an opportunity to be heard before a decision is taken. The decision of the Board of Appeal shall not be challenged by the appeal.

Where the final decision adopted by the Appeals Board or the Court of Justice on the basis of this law is based on an incorrect or incomplete statement or appears to be contrary to the law, the right to insurance may be exercised by a party or At the request of the National Pensions Office, the decision shall be deleted and reopened. The right of insurance shall provide the parties with the opportunity to be heard before a decision is taken.

If the Social Insurance Institution makes a decision to lift the decision, it may suspend the payment of the benefit or pay it in accordance with its request until such time as the matter has been resolved.

The removal of the decision shall be submitted within five years from the date on which the decision was taken. For particularly weighty reasons, the decision may be deleted from the application made after the deadline.

ARTICLE 41
Resolving the case for the granting of benefit

Where a person belonging to a housing allowance or a person receiving a housing allowance is entitled to benefit from the payment of a housing allowance in accordance with Article 8 (2) retroactively, the Social Insurance Institution may, without the consent of the party, after hearing the party concerned, Resolve the case.

Chapter 7

Information and disclosure

ARTICLE 42
Information on housing assistance

The National Pensions Office and the Appellate Body in accordance with this Act shall be entitled, upon request, to obtain, without prejudice to the provisions of confidentiality and other information on access to information, the necessary Information:

(1) from the State and the municipality and from any other body governed by public law;

2) from the Pension Protection Centre, the pension and insurance institution, as well as any other pension or other allowance or payer;

(3) patient insurance and transport insurance centre;

(4) from the employer, the unemployment fund or the workplace fund;

(5) the lessor and the housing or real estate company; and

(6) the law on the status and rights of patients (785/1992) The health care unit referred to in paragraph 4, as well as from the social service provider and other care facility.

The National Pensions Office and the Appellate Body under this Act shall also be entitled, at the request of the National Pensions Office, to obtain, without prejudice to the provisions on confidentiality and other information on access to information, free of charge for the purposes of the settlement of the present housing assistance Necessary information from the MFIs concerned with regard to the applicant or beneficiary of a housing assistance, as well as other food establishments, unless adequate information and explanations are otherwise provided and there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the applicant or the beneficiary of the housing assistance Adequacy or reliability and has not given his consent to obtain information. The request for information should be submitted in writing. Before making a request, the applicant or the beneficiary shall be informed thereof.

ARTICLE 43
Information from the registry authority

Without prejudice to the provisions on confidentiality and access to information, the National Pensions Office shall be entitled to receive free of charge for the purposes of the implementation of the aid scheme and for the planning and monitoring of the aid scheme from the civil registry authorities. Building and apartment records and changes in them.

ARTICLE 44
Information on terms of imprisonment

Without prejudice to the provisions on confidentiality and other information on access to information, the National Pensions Office shall have the right to receive, free of charge, information from the unit of the Criminal Sanctions Agency on the start of the sentence, the release of the person And the commencement and suspension of the trial.

ARTICLE 45
Use of information obtained for other benefit

The National Pensions Office shall have the right to use the information it receives for the purposes of carrying out other tasks entrusted to it under this Act, where it is obvious that they affect Housing assistance and information must be taken into account in the decision-making process and the National Pensions Office would have the right to be informed otherwise.

ARTICLE 46
Technical connection

The National Pensions Office shall, in addition to the provisions of the Article 29 of the ec Treaty (3) provides, under the conditions laid down in that paragraph, the right to receive confidential information within the meaning of Article 42 (1) and Articles 43 and 44 of this Law by means of a technical service.

The technical service opened on the basis of this section shall also be used to retrieve confidential information without the consent of which the obligation of professional secrecy has been laid down. Before opening a technical service, the requesting information shall provide a statement that the data protection is adequately protected.

§ 47
Information to the authorities

The National Pensions Office shall also be entitled, notwithstanding the provisions of the law on public access to the activities of the public authorities, without prejudice to the rules on confidentiality and access to other information, to enable criminal offences and abuses to be ascertained Information on the implementation of the law to the Ministry, to the tax administration and to the institution or entity which manages the statutory social security scheme, to which the social security benefit under this Act is governed by this Act Influence.

The National Pensions Office shall also have the right referred to in paragraph 1 to provide information to the police and prosecution authorities in so far as the information is necessary for the detection or prosecution of criminal offences.

The information to be provided shall be that of the person receiving housing assistance under this Act:

(1) identification and other identification data;

(2) information on the benefits and benefits paid and on the basis of the compensation; and

(3) other comparable data which are necessary for the purposes of the combination of personal data and other one-off checks on personal data relating to social security offences and irregularities.

The Social Insurance Institution shall not, however, provide information on the state of health or information intended to describe the grounds for a person's need for social care.

ARTICLE 48
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has the right to have access to information on the beneficiaries of housing assistance in the decision-making and payment register of the People's Pensions Office in so far as they are necessary for housing assistance to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. In order to carry out planning and development tasks. In addition, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is entitled to receive information on the form and area of housing and other information which the Ministry deems necessary for the development and monitoring of housing. Information shall not be included in the information permitting the identification of the beneficiary.

ARTICLE 49
Provision of information to the applicant

The Social Insurance Institution shall, in advance, provide the applicant with adequate information on where the data relating to him can be acquired and, as a rule, may be disclosed.

Chapter 8

Outstanding provisions

§ 50
Prohibition of enforcement and transfer of residence aid

Housing aid shall not be foreclosed.

The agreement, which means transferring housing support to another, is null and void.

ARTICLE 51
Indexisdicity

The amounts provided for in this Law, with the exception of the amount of the income reduction provided for in Article 13, the lowest basic amount provided for in Article 16, the minimum amount of aid provided for in Article 24 and the beneficiary of the aid provided for in Articles 20 and 27 The amounts of changes to the reporting obligation and the adjustment of revenue and housing expenditure, as well as the maximum housing expenditure laid down in Article 10, are linked to changes in the price level, as laid down in the Act on National Pensions (2003) Provides.

The amounts committed in the field of public pensions correspond to the scoring figure of the National Pensions Act, according to which the size of the national pension payments due in January 2010 has been calculated.

However, the maximum housing expenditure referred to in Article 10 (1) shall be adjusted annually for the change in the general rental rate.

Maximum housing expenditure is linked to the development of the rental level and to the size of the annual rental index (2010 = 100) for the whole country and for all rental dwellings (2010 = 100), so that the amounts provided for in Article 10 correspond to the rent index for 2013 Score score. The maximum housing expenditure set out in the Act of 2015 shall be adjusted for the first time to the change of the rental index, from the beginning of 2016.

The revised maximum housing expenditure and other amounts shall apply to aid granted or to be granted after the beginning of the following year.

ARTICLE 52
Rounding amounts of money

For the purposes of determining the amount of the housing allowance, expenditure on housing, the income of the members of the food court, the amount of the basic deductions and the amount of the housing allowance shall be taken into account for the purposes of the monthly figure. The combined income of the food, the treatment items referred to in Article 9, the expenditure ceilings set out in Article 10 and the values to be used for the calculation of the amount of the basic deductions referred to in Article 16 shall be rounded up to the euro.

ARTICLE 53
Financing

Housing allowance shall be paid from State resources and the State shall reimburses the costs of benefits to the People's Pensions Office under this Act.

Before the date of payment of the housing allowance referred to in Article 24, the National Pensions Institution shall notify the State of the amount of the housing allowance payable in the month.

On the basis of the notification referred to in paragraph 2, the State shall pay the amount in accordance with the notification to the National Pensions Office not later than one business day before the date of payment of the housing aid.

Chapter 9

Entry and transitional provisions

ARTICLE 54
Entry into force

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2015. However, Article 13 shall enter into force on 1 September 2015 and shall apply to aid granted or to be granted for a later date.

This Act repeals the Housing Act (108/1975) .

ARTICLE 55
Transitional provisions

Upon the entry into force of this Act, the payment of housing aid in the form of a payment shall be continued until the expiry of Article 27, or until such time as the housing allowance ceases.

As from 1 January to 1 December 2015, in accordance with Article 27 (1) and in accordance with Article 27 (2), the payment of the housing allowance paid before the entry into force of this Act shall be reviewed in accordance with Article 27 (1) and the payment of the aid under Article 27 (2) shall be continued Until the next review pursuant to Article 27, if the amount of the aid is reduced by EUR 100 per month or more.

ARTICLE 56
Reference to previous law

Where reference is made to a housing allowance by any other law or by virtue of that provision (108/1975) Or housing support to or payable under it or in the Housing Regulation (99/1993) , the reference shall be understood as referring to the corresponding provisions of this Act and to housing assistance under this law, subject to that law.

THEY 52/2014 , YmVM 7/2014, EV 91/2014