Finland provides housing and counseling to the homeless (2020)

Re:Finland provides housing and counseling to the homeless (... by dillondoyle on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:12PM (#27950266)

is per tent site === one single 'parking space' for one homeless person's tent? if so it's outrageous.

Even if it means say a parking lot for 20, that seems pretty crazy. You can just give $2k to buy an apartment, if you are puritan and have to control whether or not they spend it on substances just pay the landlord directly. Probably has to be a place that can get cleaned up easily though after they move on.

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Re:Finland provides housing and counseling to the homeless (... by sokoloff on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:33PM (#27950496)

It can't possibly be $60K just to provide 24/7 security for a year for a whole location, right? That's a bare minimum of 5 full-time employees, but more likely 6 to 8.

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Re:Finland provides housing and counseling to the homeless (... by maqp on Sunday July 25, 2021 @01:16PM (#27950979)

How much does a set of bullet proof window for a tiny one-bedroom apartment, and a security door cost? Guarded tent-site sounds like pouring truckloads of money to the sea.

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Re:Finland provides housing and counseling to the homeless (... by pbourke on Sunday July 25, 2021 @01:16PM (#27950993)

That amount of money buys a lot of tiny houses - maybe 2 for $60k.

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