Housing First
1y 4mon ago by slrpnk.net/u/Blair in urbanism@slrpnk.net from slrpnk.net
In Finland, there is a Housing First approach which provides homeless people with housing and support services to help individuals rebuild their lives.
By using this approach, there has been a reduction in homelessness, plummeting from over 20,000 homeless people to less than 4,000 in just a decade.
While Housing First was invented in the USA, Finland has embraced it.
📺[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jt_6PBnCJE&t=54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jt_6PBnCJE&t=54)
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbEavDqA8iE
📰 https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/look-finlands-housing-first-initiative

Silta’s community space, where tenants go for gardening or group BBQs
In case anyone is curious about Housing First programs in the USA, here is a video more focused on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nys6iebjHw&t=128