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Brent Toderian Jan 2, 2023

“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.

scoop.me

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Mikko Alasaarela Jan 2, 2023

@BrentToderian In Finland, you will freeze to death in the winter if you don't have a warm place to sleep. As long as I have been alive, it has been a priority for the government to provide everyone a warm place to sleep, no matter what.

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Sabaheta Ramčilović-Suominen Jan 2, 2023

@alasaarela @BrentToderian

Plus Finland is quite stingy (read not very fair or humane) when it comes to accepting refugees and asylum seekers, and with its rather modest population of less than 6 million people, "housing for all" is not a great stretch of its budget.

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Dr. Traci Birge, 🌻agroecology

@JustSaba @alasaarela @BrentToderian yes regarding immigration/refugees, but I’ve never understood this low population argument. low population also means fewer taxpayers, especially with an aging population. It is a wuestion of priorities.