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    WHAT CAN FINLAND TEACH US ABOUT HOUSING FIRST?

    Dec 27, 2021 4 minutes

    Housing First works. It’s a phrase that has almost become cliche when it comes to discussing how to end homelessness. But in Finland at least, it’s also undeniably true.

    The idea is simple enough: people who are experiencing homelessness are offered a place to live alongside open-ended support for as long as they need to help them tackle their demons and adapt to independent life. The Finns didn’t come up with the model – its origins can be traced to New York in the 1990s – but it is the place where it has seen the most success.

    Street homelessness is virtually non-existent in the Nordic country and generally homelessness has been decreasing since 2013 – five years after

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