Housing Skills pilot project provides hands-on advice on housing problems
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
SATO Corporation, Press Release, 2nd May 2017 at 2:45 pm
A pilot project tackling the challenges of urbanisation, everyday housing
skills, and multiculturalism is offering support to housing investment company
SATO's residents, ranging from how to enter into an electricity contract to how
to clean their home. The joint project of SATO and Indcare, a company owned by
EJY (Espoo Association of Organisations), aims to find new models for housing
support.
- Both the native Finns as well as those with immigrant background are faced by
the challenges of everyday living, says SATO's Housing Adviser Essi Helander. -
The challenges often sound quite simple: How do I clean the floors without
causing water damage, what to do with the rubbish when the bin is full or how do
I enter into an electricity contract, Helander continues. - Many players do not,
however, have the resources to provide such hands-on assistance for their
residents.
The Housing Skills pilot project was launched by SATO and Indcare in April, and
around 20 SATO buildings in Espoo and Helsinki have been selected for the pilot
phase. Residents of these buildings are offered highly hands-on guidance and
instruction in housing-related matters. With Indcare the pilot project has the
number of employees needed to be able to offer residents enough concrete help.
Three Indcare employees are committed to the project, and one of them has
competency in somali language.
- Through EJY we have the right kind of competence to detect societal
shortcomings and a genuine will to take action for better everyday life. With
SATO we want to find the solutions that work the best to provide those in need
of assistance exactly the kind of assistance they need and respond rapidly in
this, says Jussi Sorsimo from Indcare.
High demand for housing advice - new team members to be recruited this year
Essi Helander helps residents regularly with challenges and problems related to
housing through the SATO housing advice service. Issues covered vary from
sorting out relationships between neighbours, difficulties in apartment care and
maintenance to problems relating to rent payments. At times the underlying issue
is much bigger as the housing adviser often encounters broader societal
challenges such as social exclusion and substance abuse problems in her work.
- Our housing advice service helps respond to phenomena brought about by
urbanisation as people live more and more densely and in more and more diverse
and multicultural neighbourhoods these days. Not every contact she receives is
about a conflict situation, however. - I also get calls from residents who are
genuinely concerned about their neighbours, such as elderly people who appear to
be lonely, Helander says.
The Housing Skills pilot ends at the end of June. The aim is for the project to
generate improved models for housing support. Another aim is to increase the
SATO housing advice team this year by recruiting several new people.
For more information please contact:
SATO Corporation
Essi Helander, Housing Adviser, essi.helander(at)sato.fi, p. +358 20 134 4100 and
+358 44 558 9007
Juha-Pekka Järvenpää, Director, juha-pekka.jarvenpaa(at)sato.fi, p.
+358 201 34 4062 and +358 40 513 8484
Indcare Oy
Jussi Sorsimo, jussi.sorsimo(at)ejy.fi, p. +358 400 561040
www.sato.fi/en
SATO is one of Finland's leading lessors of rental apartments. SATO aims to
offer full options for rental housing and an excellent customer experience. At
the end of 2016, SATO owned a total of 25,300 rental apartments in Finland's
largest growth centres and in St. Petersburg.
We contribute to sustainable development and initiative through our operations,
and engage in open interaction with our stakeholders in order to produce added
value. We operate over the long term and profitably. We increase the value of
housing assets through investments and divestments and through our repair
activities.
SATO Group's net sales in 2016 stood at EUR 263.0 million* in accordance with
the new reporting practices, its operating profit stood at EUR 267.2 million and
its profit before taxes was EUR 219.4 million. The value of SATO's investment
assets is EUR 3.4 billion.
*Net sales have been changed in accordance with the new reporting practices.
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Source: SATO Oyj via GlobeNewswire
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Datum: 02.05.2017 - 13:45 Uhr
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