Brent Toderian
“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.”

Finland ends homelessness and ...
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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Show threadBrent ToderianMar 6
MORE! Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to allow a chronically homeless person to live on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them? Answer: Yes, we are paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street & do nothing… www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-...

100,000 Homes: Housing the hom...
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?

Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

Show threadBrent ToderianMar 7
HOUSING FIRST: It's 3 times cheaper to provide housing and support services to the homeless than it is to keep them on the streets. So we’re wasting A LOT of public money by not housing and supporting the homeless. Via @mattyglesias.bsky.social in @vox.com vox.com/ www.vox.com/2014/5/30/57...
Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias.bsky.social)

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Show threadgeolawMar 8
@brenttoderian.bsky.social The cruelty is the point
Show threadPaul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Mar 7

@brenttoderian.bsky.social and while the post is new, look at the date on the article: 2014!

The news should be " My God, we've had evidence that this works for over 10 years. Why haven't we acted on it? "

#homeless #solutions

Show threadmike805Mar 7

@PaulWermer @brenttoderian.bsky.social There is a long standing fear, among the ownership class of most nations: if the threat of hunger and homelessness is eliminated, people will not work for them. Or at least they will demand better conditions than the owners are willing to provide.

This goes back at least to the English Poor Laws and the workhouse.

The accommodations for the poor are always made unpleasant or humiliating, even if doing so costs more.

Show threadAndrewMar 6
@brenttoderian.bsky.social it’s not about price. You’re punishing people for being poor, or having poor mental health, and that’s priceless!!
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Show threadRob van KanMar 6
@fletch @brenttoderian.bsky.social it's probably about the goddamn housing market which will of course collapse "if we start to give houses away for free"
Show threadAndrewMar 6
@edgeofeurope @brenttoderian.bsky.social ponzi scam of epic proportions. When I look around Brisbane CBD there’s at least 20% of apartments sitting empty. When prices are going up 10+% per annum rates and strata fees are just investment costs
Show threadScott SantensMar 6
We know poverty prevention saves resources but we refuse to just provide resources because of a belief that the poor and suffering deserve to be poor and suffering.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:weypikbrwodr2fsanloqjx6s/post/3licxabtu4k26
Scott Santens (@scottsantens.com)

There's a lot of misinformation out there about the concept of universal basic income. If you want to be well-informed, follow me and learn about what we know from studies in this thread: https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com/post/3lckzcleo7s24 Here's a UBI starter pack too: https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com/post/3lbctsxrxts2c And here's a UBI 101 link: https://www.scottsantens.com/universal-basic-income-for-all-unconditional-why-ubi-is-necessary-now-evidence-experiments/

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Show threadHenk, gelukzoekerMar 6
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This is very interesting. In NL de vereniging #basisinkomen is trying to het something like that, isn't it @basisinkomen ?
Show threadU.LancierMar 7

@brenttoderian.bsky.social the benefits for society are evident in Finland for some 15 years now. *Still* there are few nations following suit. Because „socialism“: you can't provide help, if it might hurt some businesses profit.

Lobbyism is something that was always so present, that not even communists have its threat worked out, but even today most people of a democratic mind don't, either.

Show threadKickDownCHMar 7
@brenttoderian.bsky.social Some good News for starting the Weekend. THANK YOU! and have a nice WE