Setting and monitoring targets for eliminating homelessness

According to a report by ARA, there were 13 homeless people in Tuusula at the end of 2021, four of whom were young people. According to the same report, 65% of homeless people are temporarily staying with friends or relatives. For this reason, homelessness is a phenomenon that is not very visible on the streets. Statistics never show the whole truth about the extent of homelessness. Tuusula has good prospects of becoming a municipality without homelessness.

Homelessness is not a personal characteristic, but a situation that anyone can find themselves in. The risk of homelessness is increased by factors such as poverty, difficulties in managing one’s life, a lack of social resources, or changes in life circumstances such as divorce, moving to another location, or unemployment. Measures to reduce inequality are needed to eliminate homelessness.

In spring 2019, the Finnish government’s programme set a target of halving homelessness by 2023 and eliminating it by 2027. We, the undersigned, propose that Tuusula set 2024 as the target year for eliminating homelessness and that progress towards this goal be monitored systematically.

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