KELA informs: Changes for benefits for students in 2025
Next year will see several changes to Kela benefits, affecting both benefit rates and eligibility criteria. Some of the changes have already been approved by Parliament, but most of the legislative amendments will be submitted to parliamentary review in the autumn.
The Government is planning to transfer students from the general housing allowance scheme to the student housing supplement scheme on 1 August 2025. This would mean a return to the previous practice. The maximum rate of the housing supplement would be EUR 216 per month, EUR 248 per month or EUR 296 per month, depending on the municipality in which the student lives.
Study grant rates will not be index adjusted. Instead, the rates will stay the same as in 2023 and 2024.
More information: Large number of changes planned for social security in 2025