To apply for General Housing Allowance, the applicant has to complete the required application form and reach to the KELA office using one of the following listed methods of contact.

Kela Customer Service Locator : Kela Office Locations
Phone service information : Phone service
Booking on-line appointments : On-line appointment
Contacting through e-mail : E-mail Contact

List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.

e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Kela Customer Service Locator : Kela Office Locations
Phone service information : Phone service
Booking on-line appointments : On-line appointment
Contacting through e-mail : E-mail Contact

General housing assistance is allocated per household, meaning for those living in the same house or apartment. It is provided for

• Families with children
• Married couples
• Common law partnerships
• People living alone
• People living communally
  

A registered partnership is considered the equivalent of marriage. Unregistered partnerships between people of the same gender are not considered the equivalent of marriage.

Explain the fees structure which is required for obtaining the certificate/document.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Application forms that can be used : Application Forms

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since January 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

This procedure provides you information related to applying for general housing allowance in Finland.

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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More information which might help people.