Main social problems in housing area are as follows:
- Households are overburdened by housing costs (30-35% for social housing policy and 40 % for overburden rate).
- Ineffective public finance transfers and the rise in prices of energies,
- Demographic changes decrease the number of younger people and an increasing number of older people,
- Insufficient compliance of state redistribution role in social housing,
- Insufficient public financial resource. Discrimination of some social groups, An increasing number of homeless people, and people at risk of being homeless,
- Low awareness about solutions and help possibilities, and
- Missing definition of social housing in legislation.
For social housing, the priority groups are:
- Elderly people, disabled, families with children, single parents defined by ETHOS classification or being overburdened by housing costs (40 %),
- Victims of domestic violence, People leaving orphanages, People leaving foster care,
- Vulnerable families with children.
For acquirement of social housing:
- Families with children and persons living outside/on the streets.
For acquirement of crisis housing:
- Persons at high risk to life or health.