Clear News | Tuesday 18.8.2026

Income support. Balcony inspections. Apple harvest. Wednesday’s weather.

Social assistance

Initially, the topic is social assistance.

Kela is collecting social assistance payments more often than before.

Kela also wants smaller amounts of money back. Sometimes it can be a few hundred euros.

Kela may request the social assistance to be returned if, for example, the customer inherits a share of a summer cottage or apartment. Kela considers that the customer then has assets and the assistance can be recovered later.

Kela is collecting social assistance payments more often than before.

Kela will file an application for recovery with the administrative court.

Balcony safety

Then there is the topic of balcony safety.

A major balcony inspection project has begun in Finland. It could take several years.

The Ministry of the Environment wants municipalities to inspect the safety of balconies throughout Finland. This inspection is being carried out in Satakunta.

The reason for the inspections is accidents that have occurred on balconies.

It could take several years to inspect all balconies.

A balcony can be dangerous if, for example, the support bracket for the panel or glass is worn out. The protective panels on old balconies can also break easily.

Apple harvest

Finally, the topic is the apple harvest.

Many home gardens are ripening a lot of apples this summer.

For example, in the Kupittaa allotment garden in Turku, the trees are sagging under the weight of apples.

There are so many apples in some places that there is not enough time to collect them all and they spoil. Many people have to take their apples to the bio-waste.

The apple harvest in home gardens is bountiful in many places this year.

The harvest is good because the apple trees bloomed well in the spring and there has been a lot of rain.

Wednesday’s weather

Still a weather forecast.

The weather will be changeable on Wednesday.

It can rain in a large part of the country. It can rain a lot in the east. It is drier in the west.

The temperature is between 15 and 20 degrees.