Budget proposal for 2027
The full budget proposal for 2027 is available here (in Finnish)
Negotiating result on the 2027 budget proposal
The negotiating result on the 2027 budget proposal was announced on Monday, 26 October. At a press conference, Mayor Daniel Sazonov presented the key points of the negotiating result together with Deputy Mayors Johanna Laisaari, Reetta Vanhanen and Maarit Vierunen, Chair of the Left Alliance City Council Group Mia Haglund, and Swedish People’s Party representative Marcus Rantala.
The 2027 budget proposal will be published in full on this page on Thursday, 29 October.
Preparation of the 2027 budget proposal
Mayor Daniel Sazonov presented his proposal for Helsinki’s 2027 budget on Monday, 19 October. The full presentation material is available here (in Finnish).
Budgets from previous years are available on the Budget estimates and financial statements page.
Preparation of the budget proposal
There are many steps associated with preparing the budget proposal for the next year. The City Board decides on the budget proposal framework in June. After that, the preparation of the budget proposal continues in the city’s administrative divisions. Political negotiations on the budget proposal take place in October, after which a draft budget is announced. In November, the draft budget proceeds to the City Board, and from there on to the City Council for approval.
After the recent nationwide reform of social and health services, the City of Helsinki’s budget proposal preparations have been altered so that the current city operations are now divided in the budget proposal into two entities: the Municipality of Helsinki and the state-funded Social Services, Healthcare and Rescue Division. Funding of the latter division is composed from general funding received from the Finnish State, as well as income from customer fees and other operating income. The Municipality of Helsinki then represents the rest of the City of Helsinki operations – the Education Division, the Urban Environment Division, the Culture and Leisure Division and the City Executive Office – and does not include Social Services, Healthcare and Rescue Division expenditures.
Political groups represented in the Helsinki City Board held negotiations on the 2024 budget in late October. A coordinated calculation of the boards’ budget proposals, investment proposals and tax financing estimates was prepared to facilitate the negotiations.