Resident committees operate at Sevas housing properties, and their representatives can serve on the resident council. If you wish to raise issues, contact your building’s resident committee or the members of the resident council.
The contact information for the resident committee is usually displayed on the property’s notice board. If you cannot find the resident committee’s contact information, please contact Sevas customer service at 06 420 3311 or vuokraus@sevas.fi.
The resident council acts as a link between the residents and the Sevas board of directors and organises communal activities for residents.
Residents’ right to be heard is secured by the Act on Co-Management in Rental Buildings, which gives tenants of rental buildings opportunities to influence matters related to their own housing.
Resident activities and resident meetings
Residents exercise decision-making power at the residents’ meeting. All persons aged 18 or over who permanently reside in the building are entitled to vote.
The residents’ meeting is convened by the resident committee. If there is no committee, the landlord may act as the convener if the residents so wish.
The residents’ meeting has the right to elect the resident committee.
The residents’ meeting may, if it wishes, decide how tasks are divided among the residents’ meeting, the resident committee, and the trusted representatives. The system has been designed to be flexible so that the Act on Co-Management functions according to the wishes and needs of the residents.
At meetings of residents and resident committees, the building’s residents have the democratic right to issue statements on Sevas’s budget proposal, rent determination proposal, repair measures included in the budget, long-term repair plans, and the content of the maintenance agreement.
Residents also have the right to oversee the implementation of care and maintenance principles, the rental and allocation principles for shared parking spaces, saunas, laundry rooms, and similar facilities, as well as the proper use of craft rooms, clubrooms, and similar spaces.
Sevas delivers the budget to those buildings that have reported the contact details of their resident committee’s chairperson, liaison person, or trusted representative.
Resident council
The members of the resident council are elected by the chairpersons of the resident committees or by the general residents’ meeting. The resident council cooperates with the resident committees, residents, and the Sevas board of directors. The resident council annually submits a proposal to the general meeting of shareholders regarding the members and their deputies to be elected from among themselves to the Sevas board of directors. The aim of the resident council’s activities is to ensure the pleasantness of living and housing peace.