Who thought it’s a good idea to sort alphabetically????
What’s with New Zealand?
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Not looking too good in this one
Some of those are populations of cities in Poland. Polish count at 30k is horrifying too. That’s like a town.
What is surprising is how bad it is in Sweden, since I always thought they have rather good social programs… Also, NZ, what the hell?
Pretty shocking how very rich countries like Germany and New Zealand have vastly higher homelessness rates than less well off countries like Croatia and even Brazil. Surely these countries should be able to afford to sort the problem out?
From source:.
“Definitions of homelessness vary widely across countries.
Statistics from all countries include people living rough (rough sleepers), except for data on Austria,
Canada, Estonia and Ireland, where rough sleepers are not separately identifiable and excluded from
official counts. Data in 31 countries cover people living in accommodation for the homeless and people
living in emergency accommodation. Sixteen countries include people living temporarily with family and
friends due to lack of housing. Fifteen countries include people living in institutions, and fifteen countries
also cover people living in non-conventional dwellings.”.
So the numbers aren’t very comparable.
I think each country defines homeless differently. I live in Los Angeles. I would be shocked if other developed nations have that level of homeless. I used to live in London and NYC. Yes, they had homeless but nowhere near the level of Los Angeles. Maybe because the weather isn’t as good, I don’t know.
Also, Japan definitely has homeless. A lot of them sleep in internet cafes you don’t see them that much on the streets.
Also, it’s kinda interesting that a lot of the so called developing countries like Mexico and Chile have some of the lowest homeless rate. Good on them
In addition, there are many homeless Roma from Eastern Europe who come to Austria temporarily to beg, and after a few weeks go back to their home countries, where they mostly own houses and receive social assistance – and supplement their income by begging in Austria.
There are dormitories that specialise in poverty migrants. In addition to overnight accommodation, they provide medical care, a hot meal a day and clothing from donations, and you can have your laundry washed.
Due to the comparatively good infrastructure for the homeless, there is an extremely high proportion of foreigners among the homeless here, especially those from poorer, eastern EU countries. In Vienna alone there are about 100 facilities for the homeless.
Homelessness is definitely a problem, but you rarely see people living on the streets.
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Link: https://www.oecd.org/els/family/HC3-1-Homeless-population.pdf
Who thought it’s a good idea to sort alphabetically????
What’s with New Zealand?
[deleted]
Not looking too good in this one
Some of those are populations of cities in Poland. Polish count at 30k is horrifying too. That’s like a town.
What is surprising is how bad it is in Sweden, since I always thought they have rather good social programs… Also, NZ, what the hell?
Pretty shocking how very rich countries like Germany and New Zealand have vastly higher homelessness rates than less well off countries like Croatia and even Brazil. Surely these countries should be able to afford to sort the problem out?
From source:.
“Definitions of homelessness vary widely across countries.
Statistics from all countries include people living rough (rough sleepers), except for data on Austria,
Canada, Estonia and Ireland, where rough sleepers are not separately identifiable and excluded from
official counts. Data in 31 countries cover people living in accommodation for the homeless and people
living in emergency accommodation. Sixteen countries include people living temporarily with family and
friends due to lack of housing. Fifteen countries include people living in institutions, and fifteen countries
also cover people living in non-conventional dwellings.”.
So the numbers aren’t very comparable.
I think each country defines homeless differently. I live in Los Angeles. I would be shocked if other developed nations have that level of homeless. I used to live in London and NYC. Yes, they had homeless but nowhere near the level of Los Angeles. Maybe because the weather isn’t as good, I don’t know.
Also, Japan definitely has homeless. A lot of them sleep in internet cafes you don’t see them that much on the streets.
Also, it’s kinda interesting that a lot of the so called developing countries like Mexico and Chile have some of the lowest homeless rate. Good on them
The UK’s rates are absolutely appalling!
It remembered this short Nebrālis https://youtu.be/3Cn0BWT5rr0
No way Brazil is among the lowest. Either a lot of homeless unaccounted for, or they are counting it in a creative way to make the numbers lower.
I volunteer for a help organization for the homeless here in Hannover. More than 85% of homeless here are from eastern Europe.
The figures for Austria are correct, but also include people who live in homeless shelters, e.g.[this](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wohnungslosigkeit_in_%C3%96sterreich#/media/Datei:Haus_Max_Winter_02,_Vienna.jpg) or [this](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Floridsdorf_%28Wien%29_-_Haus_Siemensstra%C3%9Fe.JPG/1920px-Floridsdorf_%28Wien%29_-_Haus_Siemensstra%C3%9Fe.JPG) or [this](https://www.google.com/maps/@48.198853,16.3535061,3a,75y,209.51h,87.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTXtV0SPQC1kb5f7CIeKN9A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) (The entrance is where the man with the crutch is standing).
The quality of homeless shelters varies greatly, some can be quite good. [Photo of a homeless woman in her room in the homeless shelter.](https://www.hilfswerk.at/fileadmin/storage/vie/_processed_/d/8/csm_WoHi1_Image_bc9a23a87f.jpg)
[Another homeless person in her room.](https://tubestatic.orf.at/static/images/site/tube/2019013/wohnungslos_body.5845487.jpg)
[However, there are also emergency shelters without privacy.](https://oe1.orf.at/i/paragraph/10/32/10327be028bfe89012c838b0cd89b73e5d38bcf9.jpg)
In addition, there are many homeless Roma from Eastern Europe who come to Austria temporarily to beg, and after a few weeks go back to their home countries, where they mostly own houses and receive social assistance – and supplement their income by begging in Austria.
There are dormitories that specialise in poverty migrants. In addition to overnight accommodation, they provide medical care, a hot meal a day and clothing from donations, and you can have your laundry washed.
Due to the comparatively good infrastructure for the homeless, there is an extremely high proportion of foreigners among the homeless here, especially those from poorer, eastern EU countries. In Vienna alone there are about 100 facilities for the homeless.
Homelessness is definitely a problem, but you rarely see people living on the streets.