In 2008, the Northern European nation introduced the Housing First policy.

Since then, the number of homeless people has fallen drastically, and continues to decline.

We had to get rid of the night shelters and short-term hostels we still had back then.

Housing First Finland Solves Homelessness

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We decided to reverse the assumptions.

Social workers are available for counseling and to help people apply for social benefits.

Find out more about Housing First on the Y-Foundationwebsite.

Housing First Finland Solves Homelessness

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