The processing of applications can take a few days after which you can check the situation of your application on the intranet. If you have something to ask about your application, primarily contact us via Intra (Contact us-feature).
New applications are constantly submitted to the system and the situation of applications and apartments may change on a daily basis. During busy periods, we are unable to provide further details on the progress of the application over the phone. Getting a housing offer largely depends on how tenants move out. All applicants do not accept the apartments they are offered, and offers cannot be made to some applicants for some reason. For these reasons, it is extremely difficult for us to estimate the time of an apartment offer.
During busy periods, we are unable to answer phone queries. The best way to contact us is via Intra (Contact us-feature).
During the busy autumn period, getting an apartment offer for a studio without special reasons is very unlikely. If it is important for you to be offered an apartment by the start of your studies, apply for all shared apartments too – you can apply for a studio later on.
Existing residents (exchange applicants) are given priority in the selection of residents. In practice, only exchange applicants or new applicants with significantly justified reasons, which must be described together with proof in the attachments of the apartment application, will be offered a studio. University and higher education students who are starting their studies in the autumn are given priority when shared apartments are offered.
Getting an apartment is subject to the apartment offer being accepted by the provided deadline. If the offer is rejected, the apartment is offered to the next applicant.
The system automatically calculates points for the applicants according to the following factors:
- first-year student, 1 point (shared apartments)
- distance to home municipality/applicants from foreign countries, 1 point (shared apartments)
- accommodation in shared apartment at LOAS according to duration of consecutive and continuing accommodation period, 5 months = 1 point, 15 months = 2 points (studios)
- children, 4 points for the first child + 1 point for each next child (family apartments)
- couples, 2 points (family apartments)
- application submission date (in situations in which the applicants have the same number of points, the application that was received first is given priority)
The status of an application is primarily determined by the points and only secondarily by the date of submission of the application.
Other reasons for needing an apartment are considered on a case-by-case basis. LOAS’ housing office staff can add urgency points for the application for particularly significant reasons for needing an apartment, such as:
- applicants terminated from LOAS properties that are undergoing renovation
- returning exchange students and those returning from military or civilian service
- agreement terminated by landlord for no tenant-related reason
- medical certificate about health status
NB! Urgency points are application specific. If you receive an apartment offer corresponding to your application, which you reject (or which expires), you will lose the urgency points.