r/europe • u/xCheezyCZ • 2d ago

Picture Every country stressing about homeless people, meanwhile Poland with double side benches:

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u/opinionate_rooster Slovenia 2d ago

Finland: "Hold my beer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First

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u/_VliegendeHollander_ The Netherlands 2d ago

How is it possible? Why isn't every East European homeless person moving to Finland?

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u/pohui Moldova → 🇬🇧 UK 2d ago

Why Eastern European? Western European countries like the UK, France, Germany have much higher rates of homelessness than Eastern Europe (other than Ukraine for obvious reasons).

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u/_VliegendeHollander_ The Netherlands 1d ago

Most of the homeless people you meet in the streets of Dutch cities are from Eastern Europe. Most of them aren't counted in official statistics because they weren't registered at a house in the Netherlands long enough. Many of them don't want to go back when offered a ticket home and some cash. They prefer to stay outside in the Netherlands. Staying inside in Finland sounds better to me.

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u/pohui Moldova → 🇬🇧 UK 1d ago

What's the source for that claim?

If we're going with anecdotal evidence, I've seen more Dutch-speaking homeless people in the Netherlands than any kind of homeless people in Moldova.

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u/_VliegendeHollander_ The Netherlands 1d ago

I don't have an official source, because we don't have any in the Netherlands. I can share some articles about this group of homeless people if you are interested, but it is anecdotal evidence.