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6.1.2022
Understanding the ‘How’ in Housing First: Part 2 – What sets Housing First frontline workers apart?
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about just how important the frontline worker (FLW) role is when it comes to successful delivery of Housing First. More specifically, what are the characteristics that we look for in a good FLW, what sets them apart, and what does the role require? Looking at our teams in the […] Read more...
12.11.2021
Inaugural Housing First Europe Hub Conference: 28-29th March 2022, Madrid
The Housing First Europe Hub would like to invite all of our partners and associate members, but also policy-makers, local and regional authorities, civil servants, NGOs, service providers, housing providers, and all interested parties to our first international conference, taking place from 28-29th March, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. This event will provide a welcome opportunity […] Read more...
14.10.2021
Introducing the Helsinki Challenge
Calling on European cities & metropolitan areas to follow Helsinki’s example and reduce homelessness Throughout all major cities in Europe, the number of homeless people has risen dramatically over the past 10 years. Whatever the indicators, whatever the reasons, whatever the policies aiming to provide a home to those who do not have one, this increase […] Read more...
13.10.2021
Join our online Introduction to Housing First on Thursday, 21st October
Registrations are now open for the training module ‘An Introduction to Housing First’ organised by the Hub! The training will take place online on October 21, 2021 from 15:00 to 18:00 (Brussels/Paris time) and will introduce the basics of the Housing First model and its core principles. Participants can join a session in either English, […] Read more...
2.7.2021
Announcing our new HF4Y Community of Practice!
The Housing First Europe Hub is trying to establish a Housing First for Youth Community of Practice! This would allow professionals and front line staff to have a space where they can share experiences and knowledge, and confront each other on the practice of Housing First for Youth. If you are interested in taking part […] Read more...
1.6.2021
Understanding the ‘How’ in Housing First: Part 1 – The importance of a relation-based approach – Melanie Schmit
After more than a decade of working to help people experiencing homelessness in the Netherlands, I’ve been thinking about what sets Housing First apart from an experience perspective. Aside from providing a stable long-term home and supports for service users, how is the care provided different from other approaches in the homeless sector? What does […] Read more...
8.4.2021
Housing First for Women means Safety First – Pilvi Azeem
In this blog, I mainly focus on women who are marginalized in many areas of their lives and experiencing homelessness is only one part of it. This inspiration for this article is based on the publication Kohti kotia ja turvaa which was released by the NEA Securing Housing for Women Project in 2020. Homelessness has […] Read more...
16.3.2021
Call for Submissions: Housing First Early Career Researcher Award 2021
At the Housing First Europe Hub, we know that research on Housing First can benefit decision makers and practitioners and that it is important to monitor and conduct research on how systems respond to the changes in the homelessness policies and services. To promote interest among early career researchers and the research community in general about the Housing First […] Read more...
11.3.2021
Lessons from 10 years of Housing First – Nicky Miller, Turning Point Scotland
After 10 years of Housing First in Scotland and the UK, we felt that this was the right time to celebrate our success, share what has gone well and what hasn’t gone so well. We had planned an actual event but Covid 19 brought us the scary task of organising our first ever digital l […] Read more...
8.3.2021
International Women’s Day 2021 – Women & Homelessness
As the world marks International Women’s Day, it’s an important moment not just to consider and thank all the women who are working in our sector – whether as service managers, trainers, support workers, peer workers, advocates, frontline workers, among many others – but to also recognise the journeys of the clients who use services […] Read more...
6.8.2020
Housing First for Youth housing pilot project leads to positive outcomes for young people facing homelessness in Scotland
Independent evaluation of the Rock Trust’s Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) pilot project in West Lothian finds that engagement with the project directly resulted in positive changes to the lives of the young people using the service over a two-year pilot period. The Rock Trust pilot project is the first HF4Y service set up […] Read more...
19.5.2020
THIS is Housing First for Youth: Europe – A Program Model Guide
Working in cooperation with our partners in Canada, Ireland, Scotland and The Netherlands, the Hub is delighted to announce the publication of THIS Is Housing First for Youth – Europe – a programme model guide for starting up and running HF4Y in Europe. Over the past several years the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness has […] Read more...
23.4.2020
COVID-19 Newsletter from the Canadian Homeless Hub
The Canadian Homeless Hub has released a new newsletter with some useful COVID-19 resources, including on Harm Reduction. Contents include: New Webinar 28 April: Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions During COVID-19 COVID-19 Harm Reduction Resources Protecting Worker Well-Being in the Homeless Serving Sector Supporting Survivors’ Access to Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services During […] Read more...
27.2.2020
Housing First Early Career Researcher Award 2020
The Housing First Europe Hub acknowledges that research on Housing First can benefit decision makers and practitioners and that it is important to monitor and conduct research on how systems respond to the changes in the homelessness policies and services. To promote interest among early career researchers and the research community in general about the Housing First model […] Read more...
19.11.2019
Housing First Europe Guide now available in Dutch
We’re delighted to announce that one of our Associate members, LIMOR, has taken the initiative to translate the Housing First Guide into the Dutch context. The guide has been produced with support from the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the Housing First Europe Hub. The guide provides an introduction to Housing First, […] Read more...
10.10.2019
New report shows more political support needed to reduce homelessness using proven ‘Housing First’ model
On World Homelessness Day, the Housing First Europe Hub releases the report from its first ever Europe-wide study of the Housing First model, compiling data from 19 countries. Evidence from the study shows that the Housing First model is effective, but needs more political support to increase its impact across Europe. As opposed to traditional […] Read more...
3.10.2019
Housing First Early Career Researcher Award 2019 – And the winner is…
Congratulations to Susana Batle, who received the 2019 Housing First Early Career Researcher Award in recognition of her paper: “Ethical Relation and Control: Exploring Limits in Private Sphere of Home”. The paper was co-authored by Jezabel Cartoixà; Marta Llobet and Joan Uribe, and will appear as an article in an upcoming edition of the European […] Read more...
14.3.2019
Housing First Early Career Researcher Award 2019
The Housing First Europe Hub acknowledges that research on Housing First can benefit decision makers and practitioners and that it is important to monitor and conduct research on how systems respond to the changes in the homelessness policies and services. Aiming at promoting the interest among early career researchers and the research community in […] Read more...
7.1.2019
Rising homelessness is always the result of failed policies
Winter is here and shelters are opening their doors, there is a lot of compassion and goodwill in the general public and a real overflow of volunteers to help homeless people. But after Christmas many homeless people face the hard reality of the streets again and keep asking: For how long? One may need shelter […] Read more...
12.11.2018
Trudeau promet le droit au logement : les exemples de la France et de la Finlande
Le gouvernement fédéral veut intégrer le droit au logement dans la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés avant les prochaines élections. Ce droit est incorporé dans la législation de plusieurs autres pays. Le Canada devrait-il en tirer certaines leçons? The Canadian federal government seeks to include the right to housing in the Charter of Rights […] Read more...
24.4.2018
INVITATION TO TENDER – “HOUSING FIRST ‘STATE OF EUROPE’ ANALYSIS AND REPORT”
Housing First Europe Hub is seeking an experienced contractor with knowledge of the Housing First model in order to conduct a transnational research aiming at understanding the scale of Housing First delivery and political commitment with the model across Europe (EU and EFTA countries). The result of the research (as a report) will provide an […] Read more...
20.4.2018
HOUSING FIRST EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER AWARD
Research on Housing First can benefit decision makers and practitioners. It is also important to monitor and conduct research on how systems respond to the changes in the homelessness policies and services. Aiming at promoting the interest among early career researchers and the research community in general about the Housing First model across Europe, the […] Read more...
10.4.2018
Housing First – tackling Britain’s homelessness crisis
A podcast on how to tackle Britain’s homelessness crisis. https://podtail.com/podcast/reasons-to-be-cheerful-with-ed-miliband-and-geoff-/episode-26-housing-first-tackling-britain-s-homele/ Read more...
10.4.2018
Why does Housing First Work?
Professor Sarah Johnsen shares her views on what is it about Housing First that fosters such positive housing (and other) outcomes for a group who have traditionally been poorly served by mainstream provision? https://i-sphere.org/2018/03/19/why-does-housing-first-work/ Read more...
9.3.2018
International seminar on Housing First brought together experts and civil servants
The Housing First Europe Hub organized an international seminar in February in Helsinki for experts and civil servants working on housing and social issues. The aim of the event was to discuss and share information on how to solve homelessness. Finnish Housing First on the focus The seminar participants gained a broad overview of the […] Read more...
27.10.2017
Go
Book on Finnish Housing First
"A Home of Your Own" is a new book on Finnish Housing First principle Read more...
13.10.2017
Housing First is unique – let’s do it right
As the concept of Housing First becomes more popular, it is at times being misunderstood. Jo Prestidge from the Homeless Link explains why we have to get it right to create real change for those that need it. http://www.homeless.org.uk/connect/blogs/2017/oct/03/housing-first-is-unique-%E2%80%93-let%E2%80%99s-do-it-right Read more...
3.10.2017
First youth ‘Housing First’ project launched in the UK
Edinburgh-based youth homelessness charity, Rock Trust, has launched the UK’s first ever Housing First for Youth project in West Lothian. http://www.scottishhousingnews.com/17582/first-youth-housing-first-project-launched-in-the-uk/ Read more...
18.9.2017
Focus Ireland’s hard-hitting video on youth homelessness has made a big impact on social media
Focus Ireland has launched a hard-hitting short film to highlight the terrible crisis of young people becoming homeless when leaving state care at 18. http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/discover/focus-irelands-hard-hitting-video-on-youth-homelessness-has-made-a-big-impact-on-social-media-805867.html Read more...
13.9.2017
Finland shows example in the fight against homelessness
“Social housing is as much about ‘social’ as it is about housing and real estates”, says Juha Kaakinen, the CEO of the Y-Foundation. Read more...