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If you are homeless in Finland then you will freeze to death in the winter when it is -10-20 degrees.
by skeletal88 3y ago
If you are homeless in Finland then you will freeze to death in the winter when it is -10-20 degrees.
- FpUser 3y agoIn Canada it is the same in the winter yet there way too many of homeless
- nabla9 3y agoHomeless = no permanent residence. Homeless people can get shelter for night. Municipalities and the state have an obligation to provide a warm place to sleep, and every individual, regardless of their place of residence, has the right to have it. But that's not a home. Most homeless stay at relatives or friends (60%). Some stay in institutions, like hospitals or shelters for victims of domestic violence. Then there are homeless dormitories, but they are so full of alcoholics and drug users that many people prefer to sleep outside in tent or something. Most homelessness is just temporary, but there was still 1,133 long term homeless people in Finland December 2022. If you are a person without problems managing your life, you get your home typically in few days or weeks.
- jeffbee 3y agoDespite the latitude, weather in coastal Helsinki is milder than inland American cities at lower latitudes. There are thousands of homeless individuals in Minnesota and the danger of freezing to death in that state is rather higher. In any case, sleeping out of doors is only a minor fraction of the homeless. People forced to sleep in shelters, or to couch surf, are also homeless. The federal United States government defines the term to mean those "who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence" and then goes on in detail.