Reports on homelessness in Finland

The data on homelessness is based on the annual housing market survey prepared by ARA — the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland. Reports address developments in homelessness by making comparisons with figures from the previous year. The data is collected from municipalities at the end of each year. Collected data reflects the situation in the past year up until November 15th. Homelessness has been monitored since 1987, when the number of homeless people in Finland stood at over 16,000.

The decining number of homeless people in Finland in 2008-2023.

Homeless people 2023 2024-03-08

There were over 3,400 single homeless individuals in Finland in 2023. Approximately 30% of them were long-term homeless. The number of homeless individuals decreased by about 260 people from the previous year, with long-term homeless individuals contributing to a decrease of 115.

Homelessness in Finland 2022 2023-03-29

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. This information is based on data collected from municipalities by the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA).

Homelessness in Finland 2021 2022-06-09

At the end of 2021, there were 3,950 homeless people living alone in Finland, which is 390 less than in 2020.

Report 2021: Homelessness in Finland 2020 2021-03-26

There were 4 341 homeless people living alone in Finland at the end of the year 2020. The number of homeless families and couples was 201.

Homelessness in Finland 2019 2020-03-11

At the end of 2019, there were 4,600 homeless living alone in Finland, which is 280 less than in 2018. Homelessness decreased for the seventh consecutive year.

Yksinelävien asunnottomuuden muodot (nostokuva)

Homelessness in Finland 2018 2019-04-29

At the end of 2018, there were 5,482 homeless people in Finland. Of these, 4,882 lived alone and 1,162 were long-term homeless. There were 159 homeless families. Now, for the first time, we also have information on the situation of homeless single-parent families.

Homelessness in Finland 2017 (small pic)

Homelessness in Finland 2017 2018-04-06

At the end of 2017, there were 7,112 homeless people in Finland. Of these, 6,615 lived alone and 1,893 were long-term homeless.

Homelessness in Finland 2016 2017-02-24

At the end of 2016 there were around 6,650 homeless people living alone in Finland. The number of long-term homeless people was 2,050. There were 325 homeless families, while there had been 420 of them a year ago. When including families, homelessness fell by 500 people during the year.

Homelessness in Finland 2015 2017-02-24

At the end of 2015 there were 6,785 homeless people, who lived alone, and 424 homeless families. There were a total of 7,898 homeless individuals. The number of homeless, who lived alone, decreased from the previous year by 322 individuals and the number of long-term homeless by 191 individuals. The number of homeless families remained approximately the same.

Homelessness in Finland 2014 2017-02-24

According to the housing market survey conducted by ARA at the end of 2014, there were a total of 8,316 homeless people living in Finland. There was a fall in the number of homeless people from the previous year (-368). The number of homeless people living alone fell by 354 persons, but there were 10 more homeless families than in the previous year.

Homelessness in Finland 2013 2017-02-24

According to the housing market survey conducted by ARA, at the end of 2013 there were 420 homeless families and 7,500 single homeless people in Finland.The number of single homeless people decreased by 350 and long-term homeless by 80 compared to the previous year.

Published 2017-02-24 at 12:39, updated 2018-04-06 at 18:29

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