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"Homelessness in Finland affected 4396 people at the end of 2021.[2][1][a] Long-term homelessness affected 1,318 people.[2]

Finland and Denmark are the only European Union countries where homelessness is currently falling.[3]

The country has adopted a Housing First policy, whereby social services assign homeless individuals rental homes first, and issues like mental health and substance abuse are treated second.[4][5] Since its launch in 2008, the number of homeless people in Finland has decreased by roughly 30%,[1] and the number of long-term homeless people has fallen by more than 35%.[3] "Sleeping rough", the practice of sleeping outside, has been largely eradicated in Helsinki, where only one 50-bed night shelter remains.[3]"

Reason, both countries have a very strong social democratic political party.

"Social democracy is a political, social and economic philosophy within socialism12. It aims to promote social justice and equality through economic and social interventions12. Social democracy does not seek to abolish capitalism, but to reform it using established political processes12. Social democracy supports a liberal-democratic polity and a capitalist-oriented mixed economy1."

"Finland’s economic and political system can be described as a form of social democracy, which combines elements of socialism and capitalism12. It’s a system that aims to create a balance between economic growth and social welfare, with the government playing a pivotal role in ensuring that the basic needs of all citizens are met1. Finland is a constitutional representative democracy with extensive welfare benefits, corporatist collective bargaining between labor and capital that is managed by the state, and some state ownership of the economy2. The country regularly experiences peaceful transfers of power between rival political parties through elections, with governments typically consisting of multiparty coalitions3."

America, Australia, Britain and most of Europe have embraced Neoliberalism, a term used to signify the late-20th century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism, which had fallen into decline following the Second World War. The term has multiple, competing definitions, and is often used pejoratively..."

That is a political approach that favours free-market capitalism, deregulation, and reduction in governmentspending and that is quite often presented here as a panacea for all our problems because is judged to be fashionable due to the accessibility to American neo-liberal propaganda.