• 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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/

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • Book on Finnish Housing First

    "A Home of Your Own" is a new book on Finnish Housing First principle

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  • 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...

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  • 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/

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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