@redsad@ohai.social Housing homeless people is the first step on the way to let them gain back the control of their lives. Being homeless is incredible consuming, which is easy to overlook if you’ve never experienced it your self. Finland is a great example how homelessness can be reduced heavily with a simple rule of thumb: Housing first. Once that’s done people tend to have the energy to start fixing other areas of their lives. Out on the street they lack the energy, as they are occupied with things like “where is my next meal” and “how do I not freeze to death tonight”. Yes there will be failures, too, many of them. Yet the stats show undeniable the power of Housing first. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/23/finland-tried-to-end-homelessness-what-can-we-learn-from-its-runaway-success-and-recent-failures #homelessness #housing