There seems to be a remarkably simple lesson highlighted by this article, one which comes as no surprise at all: policies and programmes focused on actually helping people instead of punishing them for having problems can work incredibly well, until rightwingers come along, cut the funding and wreck everything.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/23/finland-tried-to-end-homelessness-what-can-we-learn-from-its-runaway-success-and-recent-failures

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