So, can I just go to Finland and be not homeless? what is the limitation to their hospitality?
The article addresses immigration if that’s what you’re alluding to.
Not really. It mentions that Finland is a very low immigration country, but it doesn’t state whether the benefits apply to migrants, legal or illegal
Solely going off the thumbnail, they’re using the homeless as desks, terrible desks tho.
The only homeless people in Finland are so for their own will. I’ve never in my life seen a homeless person sleeping on the street.
Also our country is in massive debt because running a wellfare state is expensive as hell. So there’s also that.
The program is also beneficial from an economic point of view, says Kahila. Since the beginning of the program, Housing First has found an apartment for 60 percent of Finland’s homeless population. Since 2012, the state has calculated that it has saved almost 32 million euros annually as a result, with most of that savings coming in the healthcare sector. “Hardly any other country can present such positive statistics,” says Kahila.
Unless you’re against universal healthcare, this doesn’t seem to be costing the state money.
This may be presented that way in mass media, and also it saves money long-term, which is usually overlooked when (in-) convenient
I’m not saying Thorny_Insight argued out of bad faith, rather that they may be affected by what they hear about their country
Yeah, not accusing him of bad faith, just guessing he didn’t read the article.
Spoiler alert, it’s providing housing and health care.
What a novel concept! Now that this has been discovered, do you think other countries will do the same? ;)
America does! You just need to commit a crime first…
Oof. That one came unexpexted.
