The Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen e.V. Berlin is an independent local women’s organisation of Caritas. It dedicates itself to the support for women and families, to child support and the support of endangered people. Counselling services are being offered, as well as facilities for child and youth support and integration aid for people with disabilities. Our […]
Subject : Housing First
Melanie Schmit
LIMOR & Housing First Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Languages: DutchEnglish
Melanie’s working life focus on people in need, and especially on the field of homelessness. She studied social work, then completed a bachelor’s degree in health care management and a study around professional coaching and leadership. She’s currently focusing on education around public affairs after having started as a social worker in a homelessness service and becoming a Housing First manager for adults and for youth. Today, Melanie works for LIMOR on scaling up, further developing, and promoting Housing First in the Northern and Western part of The Netherlands. She’s also training groups on Housing First. Melanie was one of the co-initiators of Housing First Netherland and is now its president.
Juha Kahila
Y-Säätiö/Y-Foundation
Country: Finland
Languages: EnglishFinnish
Juha has been working for 10 years in the field of homelessness. He started as a frontline support worker in 2010 for the Finnish Youth housing association services (NALPA) before becoming Housing First service manager and then CEO of NALPA. He joined Y-Säätiö in 2018 as coordinator for the National Housing First Development Network and became the Lead Coordinator in 2020 and is currently head of international affairs at Y-Säätiö. As part of his role at the Network, Juha organises training courses at national level, and is working on developing the Housing First model together with dozens of NGO’s and cities.
Housing First Evaluations in Brussels (in French)
This review of the Housing First evaluations in Brussels sheds light on the details of how Housing First works in a complex local context.
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Housing, homelessness and mental health: towards systems change
This research progresses the priority areas identified by the National Mental Health Commission (Commission) and provides evidence about the systemic issues and policy levers that need to be addressed...
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Housing First in Denmark: An Analysis of the Coverage Rate among Homeless People and Types of Shelter Users
This paper analyses the coverage rate of Housing First in the overall population of homeless people in Denmark. Results show that in the municipalities that were part of the...
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Prima la Casa – Housing First
The volume presents the results of the experimentation approach Italian Housing First, which proposes an innovative method of contrast to the extreme poverty and severe adult marginalization. The approach, built...
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Everybody in – How to end homelessness in Great Britain
This plan by Crisis outlines the evidence-based solutions that can end homelessness in Great Britain, built round the belief that everyone should have –and is ready for – a...
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Problems maintaining collaborative approaches with excluded populations in a randomised control trial: lessons learned implementing Housing First in France
In 2006, an ‘experimental squat’ was set up in an abandoned building in Marseille by a local collective combating homelessness. The squat was envisioned as an alternative to conventional...
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Housing First Quality Recommendations – Finland
These quality recommendations were constructed by the Networking for Development Project in Finland. The aim is to highlight proven and successful ways of working in accordance with the Housing...
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