• “Housing First – one or many?” by Juha Kaakinen

    Since 2008, the Housing First principle has been the cornerstone of Finnish strategy and policy to end homelessness. In Finland, Housing First is first and foremost a systemic model,...

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  • Learning from Youth with Lived Experience to Realize Homelessness Prevention in Schools: Learnings from Tio’tiá:ke/Montréal

    While schools can be a powerful site of homelessness prevention, they are also a potential site of harm for many young people, particularly youth with disabilities and mental health...

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  • Looking to the Future – Juha Kaakinen on the importance of perspective when developing Housing First

    “After over 9 years as a CEO of Y-Foundation I have already handed all responsibilities over to my successor Teija Ojankoski and I’m in the happy process of transition...

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  • PRESS RELEASE: Systemic change needed to end homelessness in Europe for good

    Housing First is the key to unlocking systemic change to end homelessness in Europe by 2030. That’s the central message from the inaugural conference of the Housing First Europe...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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