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Are they living permanently in the social housing that's supplied? Or are there only 4,000 in the housing?
by qup 3y ago
Are they living permanently in the social housing that's supplied? Or are there only 4,000 in the housing?
- hiAndrewQuinn 3y agoThat's a good question. The number is a little more suspect if someone automatically exits the homeless category as soon as they rent a tiny room with their Kela benefits. The Housing and Development Centre reports "At the end of 2022, there were 3,686 homeless people living alone in Finland, which is 262 less than in 2021. The number of the long-term homeless was 1,133, which marks a decrease of 185 people." "Of all the homeless, 70 per cent were temporarily staying with friends or relatives. Dormitories, hostels and different institutions housed 17 per cent of the homeless people. Finally, 13 per cent of the homeless people were living outside, in stairways or in overnight shelters." So I guess the bulk of that number are short-term homeless people - maybe they got evicted, or lost all their savings or something. https://www.ara.fi/en-US/Materials/Homelessness_reports/Homelessness_in_Finland_2022(65349 https://www.ara.fi/en-US/Materials/Homelessness_reports/Home...
- euroderf 3y agoFor a sense of scale, the US has sixty times the population of Finland. > 3,686 homeless people living alone in Finland ... corresponds to 220k in the US. > The number of the long-term homeless was 1,133 ... corresponds to 68k in the US.
- milesvp 3y agoShort term homeless is an interesting demographic to target. I’ve seen some threads talking about being homeless, and a common thread (very anecdotal) that I see repeated is how often a small amount of money was enough to lead to an eviction. I’m curious if there might be value in targeting homeless spending in such a way to try to limit short term homelessness by preventing evictions in the first place.