Finland's Housing First policy cut homelessness in half, offering lessons for other nations
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Finland's Housing First policy reduced the number of homeless people by half. The article follows Vello Senkel, 67, who moved into a converted student accommodation building with 77 other formerly homeless people in a Helsinki suburb three and a half years ago after being evicted; he reports the housing has 'changed everything' for him and describes building a new life with cooking, guitar, and community.
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