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28/03/24

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Originally posted by Infose ↑

"In the last year in the UK, the number of people sleeping rough rose by 7%. In Germany, the last two years saw a 35% increase in the number of homeless while in France, there has been an increase of 50% in the last 11 years .These are Europe’s three biggest economies, and yet they haven’t solved their housing problem. Across Europe, the picture is much the same. Except in Finland."

There, the number of homeless is steadily decreasing. So what have they been doing differently?
Housing First There, the number of homeless is steadily decreasing. So what have they been doing differently?

An ideology [copied from Canada, I think]

The Finns have turned the traditional approach to homelessness on its head. There can be a number of reasons as to why someone ends up homeless, including sudden job loss or family breakdown, severe substance abuse or mental health problems. But most homelessness policies work on the premise that the homeless person has to sort those problems out first before they can get permanent accommodation. Finland does the opposite - it gives them a home first.

Here's how Finland solved its homelessness problem | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

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Maslow worked it out in 1943 “A Theory of Human Motivation"

it takes a while for others to catch up

The only difference is the Fins worked out what Maslow’s work meant

and decided-

just simply decided that homelessness was fixable - all they had to do was decide that they would do something to end it
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