It's always great to offer homeless people assistance.
However: They usually know where there is a shelter, but have good reasons not to go there.
There is only one way to end a person's homelessness: Give them a flat, no questions asked.
Shelters are necessary, and in high demand - they are usually quite overcrowded, but they're not a solution, just a palliative measure.
Finland has this amazing policy "housing first" and is the only European country where
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