Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness

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'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness

Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness.
I'm not posting any cliffsnotes. yall need to read it all. Cause we all know america has a problem. I know for a fact Cali my state has a serious problem. and i know L.A. my city has a horrible problem.

 

[Wargames]

Public housing is a good thing

 

[mbewane]

"And there, the Finnish capital is fortunate. Helsinki owns 60,000 social housing units; one in seven residents live in city-owned housing. It also owns 70% of the land within the city limits, runs its own construction company, and has a current target of building 7,000 more new homes – of all categories – a year.

In each new district, the city maintains a strict housing mix to limit social segregation: 25% social housing, 30% subsidised purchase, and 45% private sector. Helsinki also insists on no visible external differences between private and public housing stock, and sets no maximum income ceiling on its social housing tenants."

That's the big thing, the city (public sector) owes a lot of land and housing units, meaning they can have a large-scale housing policy. Which is what a city (and the state) is also supposed to do. But most countries would rather sell everything for a quick buck, not realizing that they will be the ones paying the bill at the end. Short-term capitalism is

 

[F K]

Public housing is a good thing

only works when the people making it view the people using it as fellow humans deserving of respect, if not you get the u.s public housing

 

[BoBurnz]

What a radical concept, giving the homeless homes.

Why has nobody thought of this before? Revolutionary, really.

 

[Xcoyote]

Good policy is "radical" and a "miracle",i hate this timeline.

 

[humble forever]

Read this the other day, is awesome it worked for them. Agree that having a reliable home is vital for people going through shyt and getting their life back together. Last I checked Los Angeles ALONE has like 59k homeless people. Idk if we're ever gonna solve that shyt. Probably not. Cali is fukked

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

There's like 5 to 6 million empty residences in america. Could solve this overnght.

 

[AlainLocke]

Instead of making houses to sell, how take houses that are empty and put people in them that need them.

 

[Hood Critic]

This is cool but the majority of the vacancies here in the US are foreclosures, meaning banks own the land and property. Since they don't want to be responsible for the taxes on thousands of foreclosures, they typically bulldoze the houses or buildings on the land and then donate the lots to the city.

There are actual government programs that turn large bases/factories into house complexes for homeless advocacy groups but they make them apply and I have no idea what the stipulations are on approval. The issue with this is how often will these advocacy groups have the capital to fix up and maintain these complexes without city or state help?

It all seems to come down to how to generate the capital for maintaining.

 

[ROLLTIDE4EVER]

If we legalize drugs, there's plenty of prison space available for temp. housing.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

"everyone having a place to stay? Uhm, excuse me, what about us people who get up and work for a living?"

Instead of making houses to sell, how take houses that are empty and put people in them that need them.