“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & 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.” https://t.co/EH3reri9lz
@BrentToderian It has seemed to me that government programs for the homeless in the US and some other nations include a tinge of wanting to mete out some punishment for being homeless.

@Leisureguy @BrentToderian
Not a tinge of it here in the UK, but full technicolour, when the last home secretary defended confiscating homeless people's tents by saying homelessness was a "lifestyle choice".

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/04/suella-braverman-says-rough-sleeping-is-lifestyle-choice

Suella Braverman says rough sleeping is ‘lifestyle choice’

Home secretary criticised for tweets vowing to restrict use of tents by homeless people, ‘many of them from abroad’

The Guardian