21 minutes ago“It's miracle” This is Finland's radical solution to homeless people
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Finland is the only EU country where the number of homeless is declining. The secret? Give people homes as soon as you need them. Tatu Anesma becomes 32 years old this summer, and for the first time in the last ten years he will have a house to say [...]
Tatu Anesma becomes 32 years old this summer, and for the first time in the last ten years he will have a house for which he might say it's his: a two-bedroom aired apartment, in a newly renovated block in a Helsinki neighbourhood.
“is a great miracle,” he said. I was in the city hall, but everyone was taking drugs and I had to get out. I had a bad relationship then; same thing. I slept on my brother's couch. I slept badly. I never had my own home. This is great for me. ”
On the lower floor on a double block has a bright common shelter and a dining area, a kitchen, a room for finishers and a sauna [in Finland, the saunas are basicly binding]. There are 21 tenants, men and women, mostly under the age of 30.
It is important that they are tenants -- everyone has a contract, pays the rent, and [if necessary] apply for housing insurance. This, after all, is all part of having a home and part of the housing policy that has already made Finland the only European country where the number of homeless is falling, translates Periscope.
When politics was being written down a decade ago, the four people who had made it a social scientist, a doctor, a politician and a bishop called it like Nimi Owenssa [your name before the door].
We were supposed to give up our night shelters and short - term hotels. They have a very long history in Finland, and everyone can see that they weren't getting people out of homeless. So we decided to make an unconditional housing. You don't have to solve your problems before you get home. The house must become the secure foundation that makes it easier for you to solve problems. ”
With the state, municipalities and NGOs supporting politics, new apartments were purchased, new blocks were built, while old accommodations became permanent, comfortable homes.
The first early purpose of this policy was to create 2,500 new homes. He created 3500. Since 2008, the number of homeless people in Finland has declined by 35 percent. /Periscope, coming with cuts from The Guardian.
