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Finland’s successful approach to ending homelessness catches eye of Quebec City (globalnews.ca)

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Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand has suggested that the solution to the crisis may be a Finnish model, which is a 'housing first' approach that aims to give everyone a home.

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[–] Hupf@feddit.de 14 points 9 months ago

How is housing a domestic homeless person and different from housing an immigrant, from a national economics point of view? It's not like the former paid any taxes so far.