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    Finland's homeless crisis nearly solved. How? By giving homes to all who need.

    Mar 21, 2018 5 minutes
    Two of the residents at Rukkila, a supported housing unit on the outskirts of Helsinki, take a break with Emmi Vuorela, the resident coordinator. The unit, located on the outskirts of Helsinki, is part of the Housing First network with which Finland has resolved its homelessness problem.

    As anyone who has visited Europe recently can attest, the scourge of homelessness has reached epidemic proportions.

    The only exception to the trend is Finland, according to FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organizations Working with the Homeless. There, homelessness is, remarkably, on the decline.

    Per the latest statistics, the number of homeless people in Finland has declined from a high of 18,000 30 years ago, to approximately 7,000: the latter figure includes some 5,000 persons who are temporarily lodging with friends or relatives. In short, the problem has basically been solved.

    At the core of this was a move away from the so-called “staircase model,” whereby a homeless person moved from one social rehabilitation level to another, with an apartment waiting for him or her at the highest step.

    ‘Housing is a prerequisite’Changing course‘A roof over my head no matter what’Paying for itself?

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