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- Not coming to you anytime soon... - Ken Waldron December 16, 2019, 3:06 pm
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Posted by Ken Waldron
on December 16, 2019, 3:06 pm
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‘It’s a Miracle’: Helsinki’s Radical Solution to Homelessness Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – unconditionally. http://getpocket.com/explore/item/it-s-a-miracle-helsinki-s-radical-solution-to-homelessness By constrast: "The reform to housing benefit from 2011 onwards was intended to save the public purse hundreds of millions. But quite the reverse happened: not only did it create huge amounts of misery and agony, it also ended up not saving the public much money at all...the cut increased forced evictions in private rented sector by 21%; individual bankruptcies by 3%; theft from persons and burglaries by 25%... a dramatic increase (17.8 %) in households living in temp accommodation; statutory homelessness goes up by 13.2% & rough sleeping by 36.7%. There are 135k children spending Christmas in shelters & many go regularly hungry..." http://twitter.com/fetzert/status/1203630790703288320 |
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