Under the terms of the decision, the collective running the centre can continue to occupy the city-owned building until such a time as it is demolished to make way for new construction at some unspecified future date.
The parking lot of the centre is currently occupied by a makeshift camp housing ethnic Romani from Romania.
The Board of Youth Issues noted in its decision that undue pressures have been brought on youth services in the issue of housing for foreign Romani in Helsinki. It proposed that the city administration undertake an examination of alternatives to the camp at the Harbour Social Centre site.