Why do I see so few homeless people / beggars in cities in the Netherlands? [closed]
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This summer I went on a trip to the Netherlands visiting cities of various sizes throughout the country from south east to north west. The main stops (for which my question is meant) were Eindhoven, s-Hertogenbosch, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Leiden.
At some point during this trip I noticed that the only beggar (i.e. homeless person in shabby clothes asking for money, no offense!) I ever saw was a woman in Eindhoven. Coming from Germany I am used to being asked for some money in pretty much every city.
I looked up the ratio of homeless people of both countries on wikipedia and it states 0.42% for Germany and 0.19% for the Netherlands. So as a matter of fact, there are homeless people in the Netherlands, but why did I not see them in any of the cities listed above?
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Why there are no homeless in the Netherlands?
The Netherlands is a welfare state where rents are controlled by the national government and more than half of the housing is public housing. Virtually all homeless people in Amsterdam are unemployed and receive some sort of social security benefit.Does the Netherlands have a homeless problem?
Homelessness in the Netherlands is a growing social problem in the Netherlands, affecting 39,300 people in 2018. The homeless population has risen between the years of 2009 and 2019.Why are there no beggars in Amsterdam?
In Amsterdam, you will hardly find any. The reason is a policy that the 4 largest cities in The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, and Utrecht) and the Dutch government implemented in 2006 to get homeless people off the streets.What happens to homeless people in the Netherlands?
The homeless are allowed to stay in a shelter for up to three months. After leaving the shelter and getting settled in an apartment or any other type of temporary or permanent accommodation, they often receive a guidance counsellor or social worker who checks on them from time to time.Younger and more aggressive homeless people raise concern downtown
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