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Finland lowered homelessness by 75% since 2008 (www.goodgoodgood.co)
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[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Here's an older article from a city in Canada with similar findings, along with a few more savings figures and reasons why 'housing first' works.

I didn't find any updated figures with a quick search, but it looks like there was $1m/yr funding committed in 2021 for a similar purpose.