We've gone from 20,000 homeless in the 1990s down to about 4,000 in 2023, so it's very impressive. A large part of the reason is that drug use does not disqualify you from recieving benefits.
But no, seriously, as an expat who grew up next to some projects I'm personally aware that meth is just in a class of its own when it comes to encouraging antisocial behavior on an individual level.
It's possible to look at America as a kind of "first contact" site for all kinds of social upheavals, positive and negative alike. It's possible the Finnish youth are simply more aware of the disastrous consequences of amphetamine abuse, and so will avoid it more. Truly hard to say.
and maybe that made drug overdose which resulted in decreasing of homeless people?
The Housing and Development Centre reports "At the end of 2022, there were 3,686 homeless people living alone in Finland, which is 262 less than in 2021. The number of the long-term homeless was 1,133, which marks a decrease of 185 people."
"Of all the homeless, 70 per cent were temporarily staying with friends or relatives. Dormitories, hostels and different institutions housed 17 per cent of the homeless people. Finally, 13 per cent of the homeless people were living outside, in stairways or in overnight shelters."
So I guess the bulk of that number are short-term homeless people - maybe they got evicted, or lost all their savings or something.
https://www.ara.fi/en-US/Materials/Homelessness_reports/Home...
> 3,686 homeless people living alone in Finland
... corresponds to 220k in the US.
> The number of the long-term homeless was 1,133
... corresponds to 68k in the US.