Ho sentito che la Finlandia ha uno dei metodi migliori per affrontare il problema dei senzatetto, quindi chiedo per curiosità, come appare il processo dal punto di vista della persona media? Cosa ottengono quelle persone? (Sono venuto qui dopo un video di YouTube, ma sarebbe bello sapere da te come accade effettivamente e qual è la tua opinione al riguardo. Mi spiace di non aver fatto alcuna ricerca da solo, ma è sempre bello sapere come appare tutto dal vero gente del paese) So che questa domanda è pigra, sto solo navigando in Internet e non mi impegno molto in ciò che scrivo o cerco. Puoi collegarmi alcuni articoli invece di scrivere qualcosa che va bene.
Se vuoi sapere cosa ho visto:
https://youtu.be/DPh4PN8e0ds?si=EFC33mr5GytVsjUP
Il post è stato scritto perché sembra troppo rose e sole, quindi mi rivolgo ai veri finlandesi. Non prendere sul serio il titolo.
What would happen if I would be homeless on a street in Finland right now?
byu/Mey_Lee inFinland
di Mey_Lee
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So you are homeless in Finland. You are not finnish so nothing. Some red cross or church may help you a little.
Youll get a temporary place to stay/sleep and with a social worker try to find a more permanent solution.
I have no idea about the details.
I guess our homeless shelters, halfway houses and night cafes for homeless people are not as fancy as you think.
FYI, just 20-30 years ago, Helsinki was the worst in dealing with the homeless who lived on the streets in freezing cold conditions, including veterans.
As a foreigner/tourist you are not entitled to any benefits, so you are alone.
If you would be homeless on a street in finland right now then you would be just homeless on the streets unless you reached out for help for instance social services. No one’s going to kidnap you off the streets to put you in an appartment/housing.
I know plenty people who are actually willingly homeless here by their own choice. Living in tents etc during summer and crashing at friends and whoever’s places during winter. Kind of hippie types.
Also know some who would be homeless because financial and credit issues, who live in special type appartment housing wich looks and feels very much like any normal appt complex here, but offer plenty help for the residents there. For these maybe social service may direct you to reach them or you just reach out to them and there will be waiting list and they will take in new residents based on how urgent the need is.
I’m sure someone else has more detail info.
They deal the homelessnes earlier, before people end up being homeless. They give money for free to people who do nothing. They take the money from enteepreneurs and ordinary people using high taxation. Like 25,5% VAT etc and gift/heritage tax. Thats why few end up being homeless. Those who still end up, who used the free money for gambling or drugs, there is another process
[https://ysaatio.fi/en/housing-first/homelessness-in-finland/](https://ysaatio.fi/en/housing-first/homelessness-in-finland/)
Pretty much everything you need to know with links
“Housing first
*Housing first is a principle, operating model and way of thinking that guides Finnish* [*homelessness work*](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunnottomuus)*.*
*The Housing First principle is guided by the idea that housing is a part of human rights and a fundamental human right. In the Housing First model, all work done for people experiencing homelessness is based on the premise that the first support offered to a person is their own apartment.*
*Most often, the Housing First model is implemented by the state, wellbeing services counties, municipality or city (and within them, for example, social services and/or health care), companies, organizations, real estate companies, property owners and developers. The actors involved in solving homelessness vary depending on how the services are organized in the city.*
*The Housing First model can be applied either in distributed apartments or in a housing unit. Getting an apartment is not tied to a change in life or receiving services.* ”
[Housing First – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First)
I think its mostly pre-emptive, social security agency will help you to pay rent and/or rent security before you end up homeless.
I once read about the homeless sleeping on the bus in San Francisco area, using the buses that run through the night as a place to get a moment of rest. This is something that happens in Helsinki area these days as well, especially when it gets colder there’s always someone napping for an extended period on a bus. So there are always people who fall through the cracks no matter how well the system works. Mostly it’s people with problems that makes it difficult for them to follow the rules the shelters or emergency housing has, problems with drugs/ alcohol being the main one.
Well, the short answer: winter (where the temperature goes below zero) in Finland usually lasts from late November to early April. Got no place to stay? You die.
The ones who stay homeless are alcoholics and drug addicts. The shelters require you to stay sober. If you want to find a roof over your head and can stay sober, then no problem.