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That is a different matter. Municipalities own a significant amount of housing available for rent. These are available for anyone but there are societal reason
by exDM69 3y ago
That is a different matter.
Municipalities own a significant amount of housing available for rent. These are available for anyone but there are societal reasons why someone might be preferred (e.g. single mother), while others are in the queue.
These are not the housing units given to the homeless. They are run by organizations and charities together in collaboration with municipal social workers. There are two or three houses like this in Helsinki.
- misja111 3y ago> There are two or three houses like this in Helsinki. So are you saying that two or three houses were enough to solve homelessness in Helsinki?
- exDM69 3y agoThat's two or three apartment blocks, so maybe 200-500 apartments? Don't have exact figures at hand. The municipally owned rental housing (available to anyone) which you talk about, together with different forms of social support help people from falling into homelessness in the first place. Those few apartment blocks used for the "housing first" scheme are the help people out of homelessness. These houses are not normal rental apartments, and have social workers present, etc. These are not available for rent for anyone, and no-one would voluntarily choose to live in one of these if given alternatives. They are somewhere between a shelter and a normal apartment.