Signal Students housed inside an elderly care home in Kuopio

Summary

This signal concerns a service home in Maljalahti, Kuopio, in Finland, where students and elderly people live together. It offers students affordable housing inside a facility for older residents. Sitra cites a report by the Finnish broadcaster Yle from December 2023 describing how daily life works in this arrangement. One setting addresses both a shortage of student housing and the isolation of older people. It is an example of intergenerational living arranged deliberately rather than through family ties. Sitra lists it among signals behind an imagined future article on how families and communities may be formed in 2046.