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Finland has been held up as an international example to follow in tackling homelessness but the Nordic country has just reported its first rising numbers in eleven years

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Tags: politics, finland, policy.social, policy.housing, homelessness, rough sleeping, housing first, rent, welfare, author.liam geraghty, source.bigissue
https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/homelessness-finland-rough-sleeping/

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Title
Homelessness on the rise in Finland for first time in over a decade
Authors
Liam Geraghty
Published
Feb 10 2025
Word count
562 words

2 comments

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    infpossibilityspace
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    One increase after 11 years is amazing, the reduction of homelessness they've achieved is incredible. The title makes it sound like they shouldn't be an aspirational example, which just isn't true.

    One increase after 11 years is amazing, the reduction of homelessness they've achieved is incredible.

    Homelessness in Finland has declined from around 16,000 people in 1986 when ARA started conducting national homelessness surveys to around 3,800 people in the present day.

    The title makes it sound like they shouldn't be an aspirational example, which just isn't true.

    7 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      Right, when they note that rising rents and government cuts seem to be the cause. Yeah, if you cut funding as housing gets less affordable you won't improve the situation.

      Right, when they note that rising rents and government cuts seem to be the cause. Yeah, if you cut funding as housing gets less affordable you won't improve the situation.

      3 votes