> The UK also has the same policy. This is the opposite to the policy in most councils in the UK, which generally only offer temporary shelter and only with pr

> The UK also has the same policy. This is the opposite to the policy in most councils in the UK, which generally only offer temporary shelter and only with preconditions. The Finnish housing-first policy was implemented as UK-style policies were failing, as they are failing now in the UK. > However, the number of people begging on the streets is still rising sharply, so I don't think it is the silver bullet everyone thinks it is. A Housing-first policy has only been trialled by ~15 councils in the UK, and it has been shown to work in all of them. It's much more expensive that the UK's traditional shelter approach, which is partly why it's not national policy.