Changes during tenancy

Way of leasing	Living in the apartment	Reason	Permissions
Subleasing	You live in the apartment yourself, or one of the parties in your joint tenancy agreement lives there.	You have an extra room you wish to rent out, or you temporarily move out of a friends’ apartment.	Notify AYY before the start of subleasing.
Secondary leasing	You do not live in the apartment yourself	You are moving elsewhere for the summer (1 Apr-30 Sept).	Apply for AYY’s permission at least one month before the contract begins.
Temporary assignment	You do not live in the apartment yourself.	Temporarily living elsewhere due to a student exchange, internship, military service, illness, or JOO studies.	Apply for AYY’s permission at least one month before the contract begins.

• You live in the apartment yourself, or one of the parties in your joint tenancy agreement lives there.
• You have an extra room you wish to rent out, or you temporarily move out of a friends’ apartment. 
• Notify AYY before the start of subleasing.

Subleasing means that the primary tenant lives in the apartment and rents out part of it to a subtenant.

A specific area of the apartment must be clearly designated for the subtenant. Therefore, subleasing is not allowed in studios or shared apartments. However, if you want your partner to move into your studio with you, you can notify housing services via email instead of subleasing.

If you sublease your apartment, please notify AYY through Domo. In this way, the resident information is also updated with the maintenance company, allowing the subtenant to book laundry room slots, for example. In Domo, you can find the notice from your lease by clicking on the top corner of the lease under the “Sign a lease” section. More detailed instructions on how to fill out the notice are available in Domo.

During the summer period (1 Apr–30 Sept), apartments can be secondary leased for up to four months for any reason and to anyone.

You must obtain AYY’s permission for secondary leasing
at least one month before the secondary leasing begins. Without AYY’s permission, secondary leasing is prohibited and may result in termination of the rental agreement. When submitting the secondary lease notice, attach the secondary lease agreement, including both your signature and the secondary tenant’s signature. In Domo, you can find the notice from your lease by clicking on the top corner of the lease under the “Sign a lease” section. More detailed instructions on how to fill out the notice are available in Domo.

Jos olet lähdössä vaihtoon, voit aloittaa väliaikaisen luovutuksen korkeintaan yhden kuukauden ennen vaihto-opintojen alkua. 

Yhteistutkinto-ohjelman opiskelijat, joilla tutkinto sisältää opintoja sekä Suomessa että ulkomailla, ei ole mahdollisuutta luovuttaa asuntoa väliaikaisesti ulkomaan opintojen ajaksi. 

If you are living in a friends’ apartment and both you and your friend want to sublease part of the apartment, both of you must sign the agreement with the subtenant, even if only one of you will be living in the apartment during the subleasing period. The resident who temporarily moves out must submit a notice of subleasing in the Domo system.

If both tenants of the friends’ apartment are moving out, this is considered a temporary assignment. See the instructions for temporary assignment below.

You may temporarily sublet your apartment to another person while you are living elsewhere due to an exchange program, internship related to your studies, JOO studies (flexible study rights), military service, or an illness requiring institutional care.

AYY’s approval is required for temporary subletting, and it must be obtained at least one month before the agreement starts. Attach the sublease agreement, signed by both you and the temporary tenant, to your notification. You can find the notification form in Domo through your lease agreement by clicking “Make an agreement” in the top corner of the contract. More detailed instructions for filling out the form are available in Domo.

If you are going on a student exchange, you can begin the temporary assignment no earlier than one month before your exchange studies begin. 

Students in joint degree programs, which include studies in both Finland and abroad, cannot temporarily assign their apartments for the duration of their studies abroad.

You can apply for compensation for the right of residence for the period when you assign your apartment to another AYY member. A temporary resident must have the right of residence for the entire duration if the assignment lasts for more than one year. You can verify your tenant’s AYY membership by requesting them to show receipt that they have paid the membership fee to AYY.

When subleasing a friends’ apartment, the resident who has temporarily moved elsewhere can apply for compensation for the right of residence.

See the application guidelines for right of residence compensation and read more about the compensation.

If your current roommate is moving out of the apartment, you can have a new friend to live with you. If you are planning for a friend swap, please contact housing@ayy.fi immediately. Please contact us promptly to ensure the apartment is not offered to others.

You can make a friend swap if:

• You have lived in the current apartment with your previous friend for at least two months.
• You still have the right of residence when the new friends’ agreement starts.
• The new resident is an attending degree student with the right of residence.
• Rent payments have been made on time.

For a friend swap, please fill in a housing application for your current apartment with your new friend. Once you have submitted the application, please notify housing@ayy.fi. 

If you do the friend swap with a current AYY resident, the person will have a one-month notice period for their current apartment. This may mean that you will have to live in the apartment alone for one month before your friend can move in.

If you confirm your friend’s notice of termination and declare that you wish to stay in the apartment, you will receive a lease for the duration of the renter’s notice period. The notice period is three months if your lease has lasted less than a year and six months if it has lasted more than a year. However, you still have the right to terminate the lease within the notice period of one calendar month if you decide to move out earlier.

If you wish to stay in the apartment for a period longer than the renter’s notice period, please contact us immediately at housing@ayy.fi. Please contact us promptly to ensure the apartment is not offered to others. We cannot guarantee that you can stay in the apartment, as AYY’s two-room apartments and larger ones are primarily intended for multiple residents. However, it may be possible to live alone in some of the less popular two-room apartments.

If you inform us that you wish to stay in the apartment, you will be responsible for the entire apartment and its rent after the other resident has moved out.

You can also stay in the apartment and find a new friend, i.e. do a friend swap.

If you are unable to live in the apartment on your own or cannot find a new friend to move into your current apartment, you can apply for other housing from AYY.

You have children or have taken pregnancy, special pregnancy, or parental leave  

Attach a certificate of parental leave to your application. You will receive compensation for the residency period during parental leave. Additionally, AYY members receive a one-year (1) extension to the right-of-residence period if they have a child or children. The extension is one year, regardless of the number of children. Please attach a DVV extract showing the child’s home address or another certificate.  

You have been undertaking conscription or military service 

Please attach a certificate of student status from Sisu and a certificate of service. You cannot receive compensation for the entire period if you were an attending student or received your apartment during the service or shortly before it (less than 3 months prior).

You have been on a student exchange, participated in an internship related to your studies, or undertaking studies related to Aalto University degree outside the metropolitan area

Please attach an extract of exchange studies, a certificate of employment or a similar document. Apply for compensation only after completing your student exchange or internship. If your student exchange or internship takes place right at the end of your right of residence period, please contact housing@ayy.fi.
 
You can receive compensation if you did not receive an apartment from AYY during your absence or if you temporarily assigned your apartment to another AYY member. If you temporarily assigned your apartment to another person, you will only receive compensation if the temporary resident was a member of AYY during that time. However, the person does not need to have a valid right of residence period.

Compensation is not granted if the main place of work or study is in the metropolitan area, even if you have worked or studied remotely elsewhere. The internship must be part of your studies. Compensation is not granted to joint degree students whose degrees include studies abroad.

You have studied at Aalto University campus outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (Mikkeli Campus) 

Please attach a certificate of the start of your master’s studies in the metropolitan area or a certificate of your completed bachelor’s studies in Mikkeli. You can receive two years of right of residence for your studies in the metropolitan area.
Once you have received compensation, you can no longer apply for compensation for other reasons (e.g., student exchange) related to your previous degree.

Your studies have been delayed due to illness or another serious reason

Please attach a medical certificate or a similar document to your application, clearly stating the reason for the delay and the duration of its impact on your studies. You do not need to provide your entire medical record, only a statement on how your illness affects your living situation. The medical certificate will be reviewed confidentially. Please also attach a transcript of records.

If your studies have been delayed due to your own choices, no compensation will be granted. For example, a year spent as chair of a guild or a student association or working a full-time job alongside your studies are not valid grounds for compensation, even if they have clearly delayed your studies.

Compensation for the delay of studies is granted for a maximum of one year in total, even if there have been multiple reasons for the delay.

You have not been able to live independently due to health reasons

Please attach a medical certificate with your application. You do not need to provide your entire medical record, only a statement on how your illness affects your living situation. The medical certificate will be reviewed confidentially.
However, no compensation will be granted for a period of less than one month, even if, for example, you were in the hospital for two weeks.

You have been a non-attending student for reasons other than those previously mentioned

Please attach a certificate of student status to the application, showing all periods of attendance. You can find the certificate from Sisu. However, the maximum right of residence period is always 2 or 5 years, depending on the normative duration of the degree.

Other reasons

Please attach a certificate explaining the reason for which you are applying for compensation. If you are applying for compensation for other reasons, these reasons must be particularly significant and/or comparable to those previously mentioned.

Applying for compensation

You can apply for compensation for your right of residence using the form below. The review of the application requires submitting attachments, and each compensation ground has its own attachment requirements, which are stated on the form. Please remember to attach the necessary documents to your application. AYY typically does not offer advance compensation