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The problem with making an addict choose between a roof an heroin, is they already know they can live without the roof.
Don't know how Finland does it exactly. But here in Germany the rent would be paid directly by the city to the landlord. The addict would not have any real way to get to the money, because he is not involved in this process. But there aren't enough appartments, so despite that we also have homlesness here (not at a USA level though).
I don't think any government is giving homeless addicts cash to pay their rent, that would be insane.
What happens is that the addicts can get the money either from some other government program, or simply by begging, depositing cans, etc. The shelters don't allow people to use drugs inside and they have a curfew. Otherwise, they would quickly become dilapidated drug dens.
Therefore, some addicts prefer to sleep on the street whenever they can afford heroin, and return to the shelter when they can't.
That's the thing, in Finland they can't, they'd freeze to death otherwise.