Brent ToderianJan 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
Show threadMikko AlasaarelaJan 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.
Show threadGen X-WingJan 3, 2023

@alasaarela @BrentToderian Welcome to Minnesota, it’s real damn cold here during winter and we have a lot of homeless people.

We could do well to copy Finland, in more ways than one.

Show threadMikko AlasaarelaJan 3, 2023
@breadbin @BrentToderian I'm sorry to hear. I used to live in SF Bay Area in California, and visited Minnesota from there. you have a lot of Finnish heritage there!
Show threadGen X-Wing

@alasaarela @BrentToderian I even have direct Finnish heritage (my maternal Grandmother) and grew up in Sweden. So I’ve seen “both sides”.

Even been to Finland a bunch of times, even if it has been a very long time now:)

Jan 3, 2023 at 6:33pmWeb