Anke Jansen is Co-founder of Housing First Nederland and has a carrier in consultancy, healthcare and human rights. The last 15 years, she started several Housing First projects and developed herself as an expert in ending homelessness on both national and local level with the principles of Housing First. She loves to make impact to create a human world for all.

Emeline Legrain is a professional engaged in the social and healthcare sectors in Belgium, particularly active in the Namur region and Wallonia. For over 10 years, she has held key positions related to the fight against homelessness and the support of people in situations of extreme poverty. Current Role Housing First Referent – Walloon Observatory on Homelessness In this role, she analyses Housing First programmes, ensures data collection, organises training for all Housing First workers in Wallonia, proposes peer supervision for Housing First coordinators in collaboration with the Housing First Lab, and participates in counting homeless individuals and those without a fixed abode. Her work helps improve support for people in extreme poverty by guaranteeing an approach based on priority access to housing. Experience Coordinator of the Housing First Programme in Namur She coordinated this programme, which aims to provide stable and unconditional housing to homeless individuals, based on the principle that housing is a crucial first step towards social reintegration. Nurse Coordinator at Relais Santé de Namur She provided healthcare to people in extreme poverty, primarily the homeless. Her approach focused on building trust, which is essential for ensuring effective medical follow-up. Deputy Coordinator of Relais Social Urbain Namurois In this role, she worked on coordinating social actors in the region to offer integrated support to people in situations of poverty. Engagement and Publications Emeline Legrain has contributed to several publications and academic evaluations on support for homeless individuals. She is notably a co-author of the article "Building Trust with Homeless Individuals: The Experience of Relais Santé de Namur," which highlights the importance of trust in the care provided to those in extreme poverty. Her commitment is also reflected in her participation in academic evaluations and specialised training aimed at improving practices for professionals in the social sector.

Alena works to end homelessness in Eastern Slovakia by promoting affordable rental housing and integrated social, health, and employment services. She initiated the Housing First Programme for Families in Košice in 2020, now expanding to Prešov. As a strategic leader at the DEDO Foundation, she advocates for systemic change, shifting from managing to ending homelessness. Alena has trained professionals, policymakers, and service providers on evidence-based approaches to homelessness. With a background in law and social work, she holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. Her goal is to ensure that housing is recognised as a human right in Slovakia.

I am a researcher, consultant and learning facilitator in housing and environmental fields. I was the researcher-evaluator of the Housing First pilot project in Latvia and have led several multi-stakeholder design workshops on Housing First and social worker trainings. In the Hub, I was part of the TTT Cohort 5. While primarily a researcher, I have a rich experience in leading formal and informal, face-to-face and online workshops and trainings spanning from policy to skills development. I draw my content and methods from rigorous policy and academic literature analysis, critical pedagogy, embodied learning, and design anthropology.

For the last thirty years or so, Nicolas has been working more specifically on issues of local social development and housing policies. His research focuses on the emergence of fundamental rights in social work practices. He has spent a large part of his career in the field of social policy on accommodation and housing. Today, he is involved in rolling out the Housing First model in France and piloting the Metropole of Lyon's Housing First policy.

I’m a lawyer who’s always wanted to use my legal background to serve the social sector and combat poverty. After gaining experience both in academia and in the NGO sector, I joined the Belgian Federal Administration for Social Integration as a Housing First coordinator. I'm thrilled to be part of this Train the Trainer programme and to be able to promote the Housing First model. I'm also eager to engage with a diverse European network, which I believe will enrich our collective efforts in ending homelessness.

Margherita has been working for 10 years in services aimed at homeless people within third sector organizations. She has always been passionate about the issue of the right to housing and for this reason she has coordinated and worked in the Housing First program managed by the Piazza Grande Social Cooperative. In the Cooperative she has covered various roles of coordination of socio-educational projects and is currently vice president. Margherita collaborates with Fio.PSD in the context of sector specific operators training, the training focusing especially on Housing First projects, social and health integration, and community work.

After completing compulsory school and an apprenticeship in the metal industry, I studied "social work/social management" at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences on the second educational path. I was able to gain my first practical experience in helping the homeless during my studies in the context of "assisted living" in an internship. After completing my studies in 2011, I stayed in the field of helping the homeless and worked in the areas of "consulting" and "street work" for a little over two years, where I gained my first experience. After a one-year stay abroad, I then switched to the area of "partially assisted living/outpatient assisted living" in the same field of work, in which I have been working since 2014. I completed the Housing First Europe Hub's TTT - Train The Trainer - training in 2022.

Mia is Coordinator for the National Housing First Development Network in Finland. She is passionate about eradicating homelessness and developing new ways of approaching housing-related issues. Mia has a backround in youth housing, social services & child protection services and is also experience in networking, providing training and a platform for learning about Housing First and housing related social work.