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I suspect free housing and other social safety nets would prevent people from deteriorating to this state, or at least mitigate the effects. I imagine other de
by TulliusCicero 8y ago
I suspect free housing and other social safety nets would prevent people from deteriorating to this state, or at least mitigate the effects.
I imagine other developed countries don't have this problem to this extent. What do Denmark or Japan do that we can learn from?
- rayiner 8y agoThe US does pretty well in terms of homelessness rates (see link above—half the rate of Sweden). Japan’s is a lot lower, but Japan relies primarily on private charity to deal with homelessness. (Mental health issues are much more stigmatized than they are in the US. It’s relatively recently that Japan even started seriously studying the problems of homelessness at the government level.)
- TulliusCicero 8y agoThe US apparently has a much higher rate of unsheltered homeless people though. This is a quora answer, but there are sources at the bottom: https://www.quora.com/Is-homelessness-as-bad-in-Scandinavia-as-it-is-in-the-USA https://www.quora.com/Is-homelessness-as-bad-in-Scandinavia-...