Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 03/08/2012 6:47 PM, Warp wrote:
> > However, the "in-between" form of my apartment might be unique to Finland
> > (or very few countries).
> >
> > Basically it's: "Pay 15% (or such) of the apartment's full price, and you
> > can live there cheaper than the rent of the same apartment would be, plus
> > you get more rights to the apartment than with a rented apartment (eg. you
> > can perform modifications and renovations to a much larger extent, and it's
> > a bit more difficult for the building's owner to kick you out, for insance)."

> It sounds similar to some of our Housing association schemes in the UK.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_association

> Co-op is reserved for:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Co-operative_Group

The Finnish websites that have information about this kind of housing
and which have translations to English seem to use the term
"right-of-occupancy housing". Making a google search with this only
gives Finnish websites, so either they are using an unconventional
term, or the housing mode itself is quite unconventional and unique
to Finland (and possibly Sweden)...

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                                                          - Warp

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