“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.

https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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@BrentToderian
The irony is that Housing First has been the (official) policy for years, but little effective has been done to make it real.
We have no idea of how to do effective policy implementation in Ireland.
@astaines @[email protected] As in Australia - it is not that “we have no idea” but more like “we gave no desire” to do anything about public housing