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“Housing First – one or many?” b…
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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“Housing First” for Homeless Youth Wit…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: “Housing First” has been shown to improve housing stability in homeless individuals with mental illness, but had not been empirically tested in homeless youth. We aimed…
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“arriving home“ – How strategic alliances bo…
Out of a state-funded project aimed at minimizing the rise of homelessness during current crises, Austrian NGOs have established a model with the potential to end homelessness in the…
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„Housing First“ in Wien Internationale Diskurse, …
Study about the European discourse and how housing first can be implemented in Vienna. Read or download the study here.
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EPOCH Practice & Housing First Europe Hub Web…
Join EPOCH Practice and the Housing First Europe Hub for a comprehensive exploration of Austria’s Housing First model. Initially launched as a pilot project in 2021, its remarkable success…
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The European Affordable Housing Plan: what are our…
Housing, and more specifically its growing unaffordability, became a key issue at EU level following the 2024 European elections. In the second von der Leyen mandate as president of…
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Trainers’ Symposium – Budapest, Cohorts 1 to 7
The Housing First Europe Hub will hold its third Trainers’ Symposium in Budapest on 4–5 December 2025. The event will bring together trainers from all seven Cohorts of the…
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Turning Point Scotland and Fife Council release in…
Turning Point Scotland and Fife Council today released the Whole System Approach (WSA) Fife Learning Partner Inception Report detailing the first quarterly Learning Cycle of our innovative ‘test of change’….
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Housing First Orientation Database – Germany
The Federal Association Housing First publishes unique nationwide overview of Housing First services. The Federal Association Housing First Germany e.V. has created the first comprehensive orientation database on Housing…
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Ending Homelessness in Central and Eastern Europe:…
Commissioned by World Habitat and led by the Metropolitan Research Institute and the Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis, this comparative study explores the feasibility of transitioning to a housing-led…
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Crisis Housing First in London and Newcastle: Fina…
This publication presents a comprehensive analysis of Crisis’s Housing First services in London and Newcastle, which support people with complex needs to move away from homelessness into secure housing….
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Systems Change and Ending Homelessness – special e…
This special edition of the European Journal on Homelessness is dedicated to Systems Change and Ending Homelessness. You can read 13 articles from a wide range of authors about…
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Shifting the system: Housing First as the path for…
Housing First starts with a simple idea: instead of asking people to prove they are “ready” for housing, it offers immediate access to stable homes, with tailored support. This…
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How we made it work: Almond Housing Association Ho…
Since 2017, Almond Housing Association (AHA) has been working in partnership with support provider, Rock Trust (RT) to deliver Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) in West Lothian, Scotland. Following…
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Evaluation report – Housing First: One year after …
In May 2023, an important evaluation report was published: Housing First: One Year After Moving In (Changes in Settled Households). We have both the report itself and a summary…
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Final evaluation report from the project “Su…
Between 2016 and 2018, the Rapid Re-Housing project piloted the Housing First concept, which was new to the Czech Republic at the time, on a target group of 50…
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Housing First Conference – Dublin 2024
New Horizons in Housing First Since the 2022 conference in Madrid, the Housing First community has made notable steps forward, but also encountered persistent challenges. The New Horizons in…
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Housing First Conference – Madrid 2022
An End to Homelessness: Unlocking Systemic Change with Housing First Housing First is the key to unlocking systemic change to end homelessness in Europe by 2030. That is the…
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Financing Youth Housing Solutions (FEANTSA Youth H…
In this webinar Michelle Norris, Professor of Social Policy at University College Dublin, discusses how to finance housing solutions for young people looking at opportunities for funding social housing…
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Housing First for Youth Webinar (FEANTSA Youth Ho…
Housing First has grown as a popular service model for combatting homelessness in Europe. With increasing youth homelessness, the model has become increasingly popular as an intervention for young…
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Erasmus+: Housing First Core Principles – flexible…
WEBINAR Erasmus+: Housing First Core Principles – flexible or set? The eight core principles are the general basis of the innovative Housing First approach and make the difference to other more…
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Train-the-Trainer: Housing First for Youth
Date: 22nd – 24th of September 2025 Location: Brussels, Belgium Cost: Course fee: €75 for the 2-day course 23-24 September + an additional €25 for the Deep Dive into…
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Housing First Europe Hub Partnership Event
We’re delighted to confirm that the next Housing First Europe Hub’s Partners Event will be hosted by our French partners (Métropole de Lyon) on the 19th-20th of November in…
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Sub-letting private homes for Housing First
On the 16th of June 2025, from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm CEST, the Hub hosted a webinar on sub-letting private homes for Housing First. Caterina Cortese (fio.PSD,…
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National Coordination of Housing First – Rec…
National coordination of Housing First plays a critical role in supporting the policies and practices that drive Housing First forward. From strategic alignment to operational consistency, national coordination ensures…
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Greek version Housing First Europe Guide
We’re excited to share that the Housing First Europe Guide is now available in Greek! This translation aims to make evidence-based Housing First practices more accessible to Greek-speaking professionals…
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Scoping review of academic research on Housing Fir…
Scoping review of academic research on Housing First in the Nordic countries The Housing First model has gained significant academic attention in Europe in recent decades. This scoping review…
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Approved Housing Bodies as Landlords to People Mov…
Approved Housing Bodies as Landlords to People Moving out of Homelessness As Ireland works to provide long-term housing solutions to people exiting homelessness, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) have emerged…
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Women and homelessness – Churchill Fellowship find…
This webinar is a discussion exploring how the approaches and models in Canada, Finland and Sweden in preventing and tackling women’s homelessness organised by Homeless Link. You can find…
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Housing First as a System Approach: What Does This…
According to conservative figures, almost 40 000 people in the Netherlands are homeless. In December 2022, the Dutch Government launched a new National Action plan on Homelessness based on…
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Focus Ireland Submission to Government’s National …
Focus Ireland welcomes the opportunity to make a submission for consideration in drafting the new National Housing Plan. On delivering new Housing First targets, Focus Ireland expressed the following…
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Homelessness in Norway: the success of long-term h…
In Norway, homelessness has been halved since 2012. One major explanation for this reduction is a sustained, coordinated, and integrated strategy, involving the development of housing and support services…
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Housing First Research Digest: Volume 9
Evictions Welcome to the 9th volume of the Housing First Research Digest! This time we will dig deeper into evictions. In short, an eviction is a process initiated by…
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Financing Youth Housing Solutions
Financing Housing Solutions for Young People In this webinar Michelle Norris, Professor of Social Policy at University College Dublin, discusses how to finance housing solutions for young people looking…
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Moving Beyond Shelter Culture: Embedding the Housi…
Since 2018, Lyon Metropolitan Area has been recognised as a region which is “accelerating its implementation of Housing First and its fight against homelessness.” With this in mind, it…
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Housing First as a Systems Approach to Ending Home…
The implementation of Housing First in Canada almost 20 years ago represented a paradigm shift. It pushed back against traditional thinking that placed blame on individuals experiencing homelessness for…
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The European Platform on Combating Homelessness (E…
In this article the authors zoom in on the European Platform to Combatting Homelessness to see how it can be understood as a specific example of collective policy making,…
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Ending Homelessness is Not a Utopia
Join us for an upcoming webinar hosted by our associate partner, Housing First Poland Foundation, featuring a conversation between two leading voices in the effort to end homelessness in…
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International Social Housing Festival
The Housing First Europe Hub will be participating in the International Festival of Social Housing in Dublin from the 4th to the 6th of June! Join us for two engaging workshops…
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The Housing First Europe Hub at the FEANTSA Forum!
The third week of May the Housing First Europe Hub will fly to Athens to participate in the 2025 FEANTSA Forum. Our team will be chairing a working space…
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How Much Would It Cost to Provide Housing First to…
Housing First is a proven evidence-based approach to addressing homelessness. However, programs operating under the Housing First model do not receive the necessary funding to meet the needs of…
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Spotlight on Housing First in Croatia: Reflections…
A Housing First conference took place in Pula, Croatia on April 15th, hosted by Udruga AjA. The event gathered practitioners, policymakers, and advocates from across Croatia and other places…
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Social Homes & Housing First
On 28th of April 2025 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm CEST participants joined Claire Guest, Housing First Lettings Lead at Liverpool City Region and Ben Rickey on behalf of Un chez-soi d’abord…
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Housing in Housing First
Save the date! Join Homeless Link for an interesting discussion around ! Housing First is an internationally recognised model, which has seen some incredibly positive results in services across…
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Let’s Start With A Home! – A Podcast o…
Let’s Start with a Home is a podcast dedicated to advancing the conversation on Housing First—bringing together experts, policymakers, service providers, and individuals with lived experience to discuss how…
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Psychological Counselling in Housing First for Wom…
On 17th of March 2025 FEANTSA WOMEN and the Housing First Europe Hub organised a webinar on ‘Psychological counselling in Housing First for Women’. During this engaging session, Marei…
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Overdose Prevention and Recovery Support in Housin…
On the 19th of March, the Evidence Exchange Network at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Canadian Housing First Network, and the Housing First Europe Hub hosted…
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Erasmus+: Exploring exits from Housing First
WEBINAR Erasmus+: Exploring exits from Housing First Different research and evaluations on the implementation of the HF methodology in Europe show high housing retention rates among service users. However,…
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Managing Substance Use Concerns in Housing First S…
WEBINAR: Managing Substance Use Concerns in Housing First Settings On the 28th of January, the Evidence Exchange Network at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Canadian Housing…
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New Horizons in Housing First – HF Europe Hu…
About the Conference The Housing First Europe Hub Conference is an essential gathering for experts, practitioners, and stakeholders dedicated to advancing the Housing First model across Europe. This event…
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Housing First Worker Well-Being: Challenges and Im…
The Canadian Housing First Network, the Provincial System Support Program, and the Housing First Europe Hub will host the International Housing First Webinar Series. The presenters will discuss the following…
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Housing First for Youth: pre-conference workshop
The Housing First Europe Hub is organising a Housing First for Youth workshop in Dublin the 18th of November in the afternoon. This session will be a pre-event of…
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New Horizons – Tréimhse Nua in Housing First Confe…
Housing First Europe Hub Conference – 18t, 19th & 20th November 2024 We are pleased to announce that the Housing First Europe Hub Conference 2024 will take place on…
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Housing First Worker Well-Being: Challenges and Im…
On the 6th of November, the Canadian Housing First Network, the Provincial System Support Program, and the Housing First Europe Hub hosted the International Housing First Webinar Series. The…
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FEANTSA Forum 2024 – Vienna
From June 17th to 18th, stakeholders combating homelessness throughout Europe convened in Vienna for the 2024 FEANTSA Forum. Hosted by FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with…
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The Danish National strategy on Housing First and …
On the 31st of May 11:00-12:00 CEST, the Housing First Europe Hub held a webinar on ‘The Danish National strategy on Housing First and transformation process’. This webinar…
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Older people and Health issues – What are the bene…
On the 22nd of May 11:00-12:00 CEST, the Housing First Europe Hub held a webinar on ‘Older people and Health issues – What are the benefits and the challenges…
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Approaches to Managing Hoarding with Housing First…
About the webinar Watch this webinar to hear from experts and practitioners in Canada and the United Kingdom to help manage hoarding among Housing First clients. This webinar is…
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Housing First and Systems Perspective for Ending H…
On April the 10th, the HOusing First Europe Hub hosted a Webinar on ‘Housing First and Systems Perspective for Ending Homelessness in Italy’. The Webinar started with an introduction…
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Housing First as a System Approach: What Does This…
On April the 4th, join us for a Webinar on ‘Housing First as a System Approach: What Does This Require from the Netherlands?’ The Webinar will start with an…
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Call for application: Train the Trainer 2024 ̵…
The application round for the sixth Cohort of the Train the Trainer programme 2024 is now open! Find more information about Train the Trainer cohort 6 here. If you would like…
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Homelessness and Housing First in Australia
On February the 20th, we’ve hosted a Webinar on ‘Homelessness and Housing First in Australia’. The Webinar started with an introduction by Arturo Coego, Coordinator of the Housing First…
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Housing First for Youth Training Guide 2023
Housing First for Youth, adapted from the Housing First approach, is a rights-based intervention that provide safe and affordable housing, along with age-appropriate support, to address the needs of…
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Czech translation of the Hub’s Introduction to Hou…
In the latest issue of the Social Housing Support Project‘s magazine Mít domov (Having a home) on women’s homelessness, the Housing First Europe Hub’s Introduction to Housing First and…
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Engaging other sectors in Housing First
On January the 10th, join us for a Webinar on ‘Engaging other sectors in Housing First’. The Webinar will start with an introduction by Arturo Coego, Coordinator of the…
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4th International Social Housing Festival
The 4th International Social Housing Festival (ISHF) will focus on the lessons to be learned from mature as well as emerging housing systems vis-à-vis emerging social and economic challenges…
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Comparing models of permanent housing: Scattered s…
Join this webinar to learn about research and practices comparing scattered site Housing First and congregate supportive housing approaches. You will hear from experts and practitioners in Canada, United…
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Transforming Homelessness Solutions in Spain: Comm…
The opportunity presented by the Spanish Recovery, Transformation and Resilience fund in the framework of the Next Generation EU Funds included among its lever policies an initiative called a…
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Unlocking Potential: Opportunities for a housing-l…
On November the 7th, join us for a Webinar on ‘Unlocking Potential: Opportunities for a housing-led shift in Hungary’ The Webinar will start with an introduction by Arturo Coego,…
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Trainers’ Symposium – Budapest : cohorts 1 t…
For the second time the Trainer’s symposium will bring together certified trainers from all five cohorts of our train-the-trainer programme to meet, share and learn from one another’s training…
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Recruitment and Well-being in Housing First teams
On 27th September, from 11:00 – 13:00 CEST, 12:00 – 14:00 EEST, 10:00 – 11:00 BST join Rachel Marshall, St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity on a discussion about Recruitment and Well-being…
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Housing First Research Digest: Volume 8
Housing Social Work in Finland Welcome to the 8th volume of the Housing First Research Digest! This volume focuses on Housing First in Finland, through the lens of housing…
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Living conditions and quality of life – Unaf…
Eurofound published a report on the topic of ‘Unaffordable and inadequate housing in Europe’. The report covers the significant issue of unaffordable housing in the EU, which leads to…
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Evaluating system-level changes associated with Ho…
Join this webinar to learn about different approaches to collecting data at the systems level in Housing First programs. You will hear from experts and practitioners in Canada and…
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Housing First for Women and Mothers: Digital excha…
On Thursday, September 7th from 17:00 – 19:00 (Brussels CEST) the Housing First Europe Hub, FEANTSA and Housing First for Women Berlin (Sozialdienst kath. Frauen Berlin) is organising an…
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Partnership & Network event – Glasgow, April …
From April 27th to April 28th (with optional site visits on April 26th), the Housing First Europe Hub together with partners from Rock Trust, Turning Point Scotland and Homeless…
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WHAT ABOUT ME? – The first Housing First pil…
Croatia is a nation of property owners, with a very small social rental sector in major cities and without a national requirement to provide general social housing. According to…
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“arriving home“ – How strategic alliances bo…
Out of a state-funded project aimed at minimizing the rise of homelessness during current crises, Austrian NGOs have established a model with the potential to end homelessness in the…
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Internship opportunity at the Housing First Europe…
The Housing First Europe Hub is hiring! Are you interested in working with a partnership network of over 35 organisations, housing providers, governments, cities, foundations and researchers and are…
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Unlocking housing for Housing First
Homelessness continues to be an acute problem for almost all countries in Europe, but there is new political eagerness to tackle this problem, including from the European Union with…
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Systems Change: Housing First and the Criminal Jus…
What does it take to change? One thing I know about working to end homelessness and institutionalization is that it requires a particular dance of steadfast, unwavering commitment and…
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Westminster VAWG Housing First Service Second Year…
This evaluation highlights the key outcomes, challenges, and successes of the second year of the Westminster VAWG Housing First project. It covers the period of September 2020 – September…
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Working together to secure the future of Housing F…
As Housing First continues to gain traction as a key part of the solution to end homelessness, we must think about scale-up and development at a national level. Homeless…
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Housing First for Youth
Youth experiencing homelessness have particular needs that require the adaptation of Housing First to meet those needs. Research from Canada and Europe on adaptations of Housing First is presented…
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Upskilling professionals to help end homelessness:…
In January 2023, we launched the first cohort of a new Housing First diploma course for professionals, based at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The diploma offers an intensive,…
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Q&A Session with Samara Jones for bachelor an…
On 24 March from 14:00 – 15:30 (Brussels CET) we organised a Q&A session for master & bachelor students to ask questions about the implementation of Housing First in…
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Sourcing housing for Housing First and different s…
The Housing First model cannot be implemented without housing. There are challenges in housing availability around the world. There is enthusiasm and will to take the model forward, but…
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Creating system change through the adoption of Hou…
Continuing our international research webinar series in collaboration with Camh, we’re delighted to share the recording from our webinar: “Creating system change through the adoption of Housing First principles and…
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Homes for Good
On Wednesday 22 March, from 11:00-12:00 CET, join us for a presentation about Homes for Good. a social letting agency and property management company located in Glasgow. Homes For…
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Hub Core and Associate Partners Event – Glas…
We’re delighted to confirm that the Housing First Europe Hub’s first Partners Event will be hosted by our Scottish partners (Turning Point Scotland, Rock Trust and Homeless Network Scotland)…
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More courage is needed to upscale Housing First wo…
“International statistics on homelessness are grim. What is needed now is more courage to try different housing solutions and the ability to think outside the box.” – Juha Kahila…
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“Housing First – one or many?” b…
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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Train-the-Trainer: Housing First for Youth
Date: 13th – 15th of March 2023 Location: Lyon, France Cost: Own accommodation, travel, meals (except lunch) The Housing First Europe Hub is excited to announce its first Train…
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National Housing First Implementation Evaluation F…
“Housing for All – A New Housing Plan for Ireland is the Government’s plan for addressing housing needs and homelessness through the year 2030. For people experiencing homelessness, the…
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FEANTSA Forum 2023
Save the Date for the next FEANTSA Forum 2023: United in Times of Crisis! Join us in Stockholm for FEANTSA’s landmark event in 2023, bringing together over 300 people working towards the…
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An Introduction to Housing First & Women
Designed for Housing First service providers, this introductory guide offers insight and answers some frequently asked questions about specific needs and considerations to keep in mind when adapting Housing…
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Housing First: How to make it work?
In June 2021, with the signing of the Lisbon Declaration, all EU Member States committed to work together towards the ending of homelessness by 2030 and launched the European…
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Housing First Connect: learning from evidence and …
Homeless Network Scotland hosted this free online Housing First Connect event to explore Professor Sarah Johnsen’s reflections on the final evaluation of Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder led by local…
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Housing First Scotland – Pathfinder
Housing First Scotland’s Pathfinder programme, which ran from April 2019-March 2022, was independently evaluated by I-SPHERE in partnership with ICF this year. Some interesting findings from the evaluation include: Tenancy…
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Learning from Youth with Lived Experience to Reali…
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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International webinar series on Housing First: Hou…
The CHFN-CoI and the Housing First Europe Hub (the Hub) are excited to share the recording of our first webinar in the 2022/2023 International webinar series on Housing First! This session focused on…
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Community of Practice – Online meeting
Building on the discussions from our September brainstorm meeting, our November Community of Practice session took place online on 22 November from 13:00-14:00 CET (Brussels). For more information, please…
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Key Elements in Homelessness Strategies to End Hom…
This new discussion paper by Prof. Eoin O’Sullivan highlights some of the vital elements needed to end homelessness across Europe by 2030 – including the role of Housing First….
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Managing Transitions in Housing First services
Developed following Homeless Link’s research into Reducing, changing or ending Housing First support last year, this new guidance on Managing Transitions in Housing First services is led by Homeless Link, with…
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Trainers’ Symposium: Cohorts 1-4
Our first ever Trainers’ Symposium brought together certified trainers from all four cohorts of our train-the-trainer programme to meet and learn from one another’s training experiences. The symposium took…
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TTT Cohort 4 – Session 3
The third training session for our Train-the-Trainer Cohort 4 course took place in Budapest, Hungary in November 2022. For more information on our Train-the-Trainer programme, please visit our Training…
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Introduction to Housing First for Youth
A slide deck developed by the Hub and made available for use by Housing First and Housing First for Youth trainers, practitioners, and advocates. View or download the presentation…
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Networking and housing advocacy in the homelessnes…
ABSTRACT “This paper investigates the potential of pro-Housing First advocacy conducted by international and inter-organisational homelessness coalitions to realise social sustainability ambitions in the homelessness sector. In particular, it…
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Youth Housing & Housing First for Youth in Fi…
These slides were used during the Housing First for Youth session of the International Social Housing Festival in Helsinki, June 2022. The presentation is made available with the permission…
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Causes of Youth Homelessness and Housing First Pat…
These slides were used during the Housing First for Youth session of the International Social Housing Festival in Helsinki, June 2022. The presentation is made available with the permission…
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Housing First for Youth – Definition & …
These slides were used during the Housing First for Youth session of the International Social Housing Festival in Helsinki, June 2022. The presentation is made available with the permission…
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An Introduction to Housing First – Landlords…
Designed for landlords and housing providers interested in supporting and engaging with the Housing First approach, this introductory guide offers insight and answers some frequently asked questions about what…
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Housing First Research Digest: Volume 7
“Housing First, Meaningful Activity, and Well-being” When individuals exit homelessness through Housing First (HF) programmes, individualised wraparound services are put into place to support them to maintain their tenancies…
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A guide to using EU funds for Housing First
The EU Funds can help drive investment in Housing First, and Housing First and housing-led approaches can be a lever to reducing, ending and preventing homelessness. Co-developed with FEANTSA,…
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Findings from the 50 LIVES 50 HOMES Programme R…
The 50 Lives 50 Homes programme (50 Lives), which commenced in late-2015 and was the first Housing First programme in Western Australia (WA). It was a collaborative programme that…
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16th European Research Conference on Homelessness
FEANTSA’s European Observatory on Homelessness, the University of Bergamo and fio.PSD are pleased to announce the 16th European Research Conference on Homelessness in Bergamo, Italy on September 22nd and…
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Festival Workshop: Can we help young people to fee…
Co-organized by the Housing First Europe Hub and Y-Säätiö/Y-Foundation, this workshop was offered for social housing providers, youth workers, social workers, civil servants at local or national level, and…
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Festival Workshop: Social Housing and Housing Firs…
This networking and information workshop was offered for social housing providers, organisations, civil servants, researchers and others who are already involved in or interested in the work of the…
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Festival Seminar: Relationship between housing pol…
The session was co-organized by the Housing Solutions Platform led by Housing Europe, Feantsa & Fondation Abbe Pierre (both Hub partners), and brought together key actors to explore the…
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FEANTSA Youth Study Session 2022: Youth Work to Ma…
In 2022, FEANTSA & The Housing First Europe Hub hosted a 5 day study session on Housing First for Youth, in Budapest at the European Youth Centre in Hungary,…
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Using the EU structural funds to Finance Housing F…
On 9th June 2022, the Hub held a roundtable discussion on how to use the European Structural Funds to finance Housing First projects and services. We heard from experts in…
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An Introduction to Housing First for Youth (HF4Y)
Designed for people who are learning about Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) for the first time, this short introductory guide offers an overview of the key elements of HF4Y…
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An Introduction to Housing First
Designed for people who are learning about Housing First for the first time, this short digital guide offers an overview of the core principles and features of Housing First,…
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Housing First & Women – Case Studies from acr…
We’re delighted to share with you our latest publication about Housing First & Women, co-developed with FEANTSA and featuring insights from: La Morada Housing First, run by AIRES in Madrid, Spain…
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Housing First in Europe: An Overview of Implementa…
This overview of the development of Housing First in 19 countries in Europe was designed to take a snapshot of how quickly Housing First is being adopted, the extent…
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FEANTSA Policy Conference 2022: Towards a Vision f…
FEANTSA’s Policy Conference 2022: Towards a Vision for Ending Homelessness took place on the 2nd & 3rd of June in Dublin. FEANTSA’s first all in person conference since the…
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Looking to the Future – Juha Kaakinen on the impor…
“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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Conference Report: Unlocking Systemic Change with …
Our friends at Housing First Nederland have put together a report summarising some of their key insights and takeaways from the conference. Read the report here.
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A Systemic Perspective on How to End Homelessness …
Read or download the presentation: A systemic perspective on how to end homelessness – J.Leppänen
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Systemic change needed to end homelessness in Euro…
(Photo: Raquel Sánchez Jiménez – Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of Spain, speaking on day 1 of the conference) PRESS RELEASE – Madrid, 29th March 2022 Housing…
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A New Systems Change Perspective – Demos Helsinki…
This report by Demos Helsinki examines how Housing First holds great potential to enable systems change in homelessness. Grounding the analysis in systems thinking, the work has engaged decision-makers,…
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Achieving a new systems perspective to ending home…
Achieving a new systems perspective to ending homelessness through Housing First: A policy and practice guide Housing First programmes are one of the most researched social policy interventions of…
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Ireland’s Housing Conference 2022
Hub Coordinator, Juha Kahila, and Researcher, Saija Turunen, spoke about international cooperation on Housing First as part of Ireland’s Housing Conference 2022.
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Recruitment in Housing First
In this webinar, Antii Martikainen, Alppikatu Housing Unit Manager at The Salvation Army (FI), Gary Neil from Rock Trust (UK), and Liz Littler from Turning Point Scotland (UK) discuss recruitment in…
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CONFERENCE: An End to Homelessness – Unlocki…
On 28-29 March, 2022, the Housing First Europe Hub’s first international conference was held in Madrid, Spain – “An End to Homelessness: Unlocking Systemic Change with Housing First”. The…
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Un’introduzione all’Housing First
Benvenuti/e al corso di formazione ‘Un’introduzione all’Housing First’ organizzato dal Housing First Europe Hub! Iscrivetevi qui sotto per partecipare alla sessione in italiano. Il corso si svolgerà online giovedì…
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Understanding the ‘How’ in Housing First: Part 2 &…
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 T…
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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Restoring Dreams to Tackle Loneliness
On 26th October 2021, Viola Stekelenburg, Tessa Hamers, Dimitar Ilchov, and Marek Mikulec discussed how loneliness is a bigger problem than simply an emotional experience. Research shows that loneliness…
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Housing First Research Digest: Volume 6
“Graduating from Housing First?” A key principle of the Housing First model is time-unlimited support. For Tsemberis, support should only be withdrawn or discontinued when it is no…
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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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Let’s keep the good stuff! Lessons from Covi…
A year on from the launch of our advocacy webinar series, we looked at the results of our survey on different experiences of Housing First policy interventions and service…
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Understanding the ‘How’ in Housing First: Part 1 &…
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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First Assessment of the Housing First Methodology …
Hogar Sí and Provivienda have released the first evaluation of the Hábitat Housing First service in Spain, which adds to the growing body of international evidence that the Housing…
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TABLE TALK with Juha Kaakinen: #2 Anand Pandian on…
Inspired by the 2020 article ‘Staying at home on planet earth’, this discussion explores the ideas of home and belonging in a global context, and how the pandemic has…
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Emerging Issues: Housing First in Rural & Rem…
As part of our series of informal discussions on ’emerging themes’ in Housing First, the Housing First Europe Hub will host an online meeting to talk about Housing First…
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Coping with Stress, Grief and Loss while deliverin…
Laura Young from Focus Ireland and Emma Wilkinson from Rock Trust discuss strategies and tools for coping with stress and grief as a Housing First practitioner, as well as…
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Housing First for Women means Safety First –…
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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Housing First & Women
Continuing our work to highlight the specific needs of women experiencing homelessness, join us for this co-hosted webinar as part of the international webinar series on Housing First that…
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Emerging Issues: Housing First + Women
As part of our continued work to expand the breadth and depth of understanding around different Housing First service needs, we’re pleased to share a number of upcoming events…
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Call for Submissions: Housing First Early Career R…
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…
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Lessons from 10 years of Housing First – Nic…
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…
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International Women’s Day 2021 – Women…
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…
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TABLE TALK with Juha Kaakinen: #1 Geoff Mulgan on …
This is the first in a new series of freeform lunchtime discussions, featuring interesting people from different areas of expertise, to explore outside-the-box perspectives on the challenges facing the…
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Housing First and Influencing Policy
Part of an ongoing series co-hosted by the Ontario Housing First Regional Network Community of Interest (OHFRN‐COI) and the Housing First Europe Hub (the Hub), this session will provide examples from different countries…
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Peer work in Housing First
Liz Littler, Service Manager at the Housing First Consortium Glasgow, Allison Symonds, Social Worker and Peer Aid at Un Chez Soi d’Abord and Riikka Tuomi, Peer Support Worker and…
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Housing First Evaluation Framework
To support researchers and service providers seeking to assess Housing First services, the Research group of the Housing First Europe Hub has developed an Evaluation Framework template for Housing First…
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Housing First Research Digest: Volume 5
Welcome to the fifth volume of the Housing First Research Digest! This edition of the Housing First Research Digest is curated by Daniel Hoey (Focus Ireland), member of the…
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Slices of P.I.E – Housing First practice in …
Ger Spillane, Regional Services Manager – Mid-West and South-West at Focus Ireland, Gary Neil, Assistant Director at Rock Trust, and Niall Keane, Services Manager at Focus Ireland discuss Housing…
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Insights from Poland – ‘Person First, …
In this response article, published in the latest edition of the European Journal of Homelessness, Julia Wygnańska, Vice-President of the Housing First Poland Foundation, highlights local perspectives and factors…
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HF4Y Rock Trust Pilot Evaluation – Internati…
Kate Polson, CEO of Rock Trust, Lisa O’Brien, Project Leader for Focus Ireland, and Melanie Redman, Co-Founder, President & CEO of A Way Home/Vers Chez Soi discuss the realities…
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Applying research to reality: A transatlantic disc…
Tim Aubry, Professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Aurélie Tinland, Principal investigator – research on psychiatric advance directives at Aix-Marseille Université, and Freek Spinnewijn,…
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Housing First for Youth housing pilot project lead…
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…
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New Alliances and Ambition for Housing First in Ci…
Martine Chanal, Policy Officer for Strategy and Innovation at the Housing Department of Grand Lyon La Métropole (Lyon Metropolitan Authority), Manuel Hennin, Project Manager for Housing and Accommodation at…
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Engaging with the public health sector to avoid a …
Mike Allen, Director of Advocacy and Research at Focus Ireland, Dr. Austin O’Carroll, Founder of Safetynet Ireland, and Dr, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine Physician at…
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Advocating for housing-led solutions after COVID19
How do you turn emergency policy into long-term systems change? Matt Downie, Director of Policy and External Affairs at Crisis, and Tim Richter, President & CEO of the Canadian…
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THIS is Housing First for Youth: Europe – A …
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 –…
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Housing First Research Digest: Volume 4
Welcome to the fourth volume of the Housing First Research Digest! This edition of the Housing First Research Digest is curated by Maja Flåto (Norwegian State Housing Bank), member…
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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…
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COVID-19 Resources: Homelessness & Housing Fi…
As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation unfolds there is a significant impact on homelessness service provision, as well as challenges specific to people experiencing homelessness that need to be sensitively…
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Guidelines on Housing Support during COVID19 Crisi…
Due to this situation of lockdown for the sake of public health in Spain, and taking into account the profile of our Housing First clients–people who formerly experienced homelessness,…
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18 March 2020 – Webinar: COVID-19 and Homele…
Looking for helpful resources to help your organisation respond to COVID-19 and learn more about what’s happening in the sector? Register for Homeless Link’s webinar taking place tomorrow, which…
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Recommendations for telephone support for clients …
Telephone support is a widely used tool in psychosocial support. Technologies can be used as a complement to face-to-face services, but also as a service on its own. It…
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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…
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Housing First Digest: Volume 3
Welcome to the third volume of the Housing First Research Digest! This volume is organised by Nadyah Abdel Salam (Est Metropole Habitat), member of the Housing First Europe Hub…
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Housing First Guide Nederland
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…
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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…
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2019 Housing First in Europe: An Overview of Imple…
This overview of the development of Housing First in 19 countries in Europe was designed to take a snapshot of how quickly Housing First is being adopted, the extent…
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New report shows more political support needed to …
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…
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Housing First Early Career Researcher Award 2019 &…
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…
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Resources for Trauma-informed Care
“Trauma of all sorts — physical, emotional or sexual — is known to be both a cause and a result of homelessness. This means that staff and volunteers working…
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Housing First Research Digest Vol. 2
This edition of the newsletter is curated by Francesca Albanese (Crisis) member of the HF Hub Europe Research Work Cluster. The focus of this edition of the research digest…
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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…
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Assessing the Fidelity of Four Housing First Progr…
The article presents the findings of a fidelity assessment conducted with Housing First (HF) programmes in four Italian cities: Bologna, Rimini, Siracusa, and Verona (members of the ‘Network Housing…
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fio.PSD “Housing First”, Photographic …
50 pictures of people living in housing in Verona, Milan, Ragusa, Bologna, Genova, Chioggia. A team of amateur photographers got into the house of Hf users and enjoyed daily…
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Housing First Europe Hub’s Research Digest
Let us introduce the first ever Housing First Europe Hub’s Research Digest! You can now sit back and enjoy. The Hub’s Research Work Cluster will digest a selection of…
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Rising homelessness is always the result of failed…
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…
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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 First Evaluations in Brussels (in Dutch)
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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Ending Homelessness Together: High Level Action Pl…
This new plan sets out how Scotland will reduce homelessness and work towards preventing homelessness with a focus on Housing First. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/publication/2018/11/ending-homelessness-together-high-level-action-plan/documents/00543359-pdf/00543359-pdf/govscot%3Adocument Read more from a blog…
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The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessne…
The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness helps to fill this gap in our knowledge. It is designed to help service providers, policy makers, communities, advocates, and researchers…
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Housing, homelessness and mental health: towards s…
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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Women and homelessness – Churchill Fellowshi…
This webinar is a discussion exploring how the approaches and models in Canada, Finland and Sweden in preventing and tackling women’s homelessness. Watch the recording here.
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Trudeau promises the right to housing: examples fr…
The Canadian federal government seeks to include the right to housing in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ahead of the next election. This right is already legislated in…
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A home but how to connect with others? A qualitati…
This study looks into how living in supported housing facilitate social connections and participation from the viewpoints of people living with mental illness. The findings show that supported housing…
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Women and Rough Sleeping – A Critical Review…
This book by Joanne Bretherton and Nicholas Pleace is based on a rapid review of the available evidence and research on the experience of sleeping rough among women. The…
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Preventing Youth Homelessness: An International Re…
This international scan of youth homelessness prevention policies and practices provides an overview of prevention strategies around the world to address youth homelessness, highlighting those which have been most effective. Read…
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Housing First in Denmark: An Analysis of the Cover…
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 marginalisation. The approach, built…
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Everybody in – How to end homelessness in Gr…
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…
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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INVITATION TO TENDER – “HOUSING FIRST ‘STAT…
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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The homelessness monitor: England 2018
The homelessness monitor is a longitudinal study providing an independent analysis of the homelessness impacts of recent economic and policy developments in England. It considers both the consequences of…
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Macarena, 20 años viviendo en la calle
Habitat is RAIS Foundation’s Housing First programme for homeless people, which provides an innovative response to homelessness. Watch a video summary here. (in Spanish)
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Young & Homeless 2018
This report of Homeless Link’s national study on youth homelessness outlines the findings from surveys with 188 homelessness services and local authorities across England and in-depth interviews with 25…
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Danger Zones and Stepping Stones: Phase Two A quan…
This second phase of Dangers Zones and Stepping Stones by Depaul UK presents the findings of a quantitative survey involving 712 young people aged from 16 to 25 who…
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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 Quality Recommendations – Finl…
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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The effects of housing stability on service use am…
This study reveals that participants who achieved housing stability, across the two groups (Housing First and standard care), had decreased use of inpatient psychiatric hospitals and increased use of…
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Housing First – Pilotprojekt Begleitende Evaluieru…
Evaluation of the Neunerhaus Housing First Pilot Project. http://www.lrsocialresearch.at/files/HF_KURZFASSUNG__2015_LR_Evaluierung.pdf http://www.lrsocialresearch.at/files/HF_ENDBERICHT_2015_LR_Evaluierung.pdf
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Ein Jahr neunerhaus Housing First Pilotprojekt Wie…
Study about the first year of the housing first project with some short theoretical articles about housing first (e.g. social work, housing policy, implementation) http://www.neunerhaus.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Fachpublikationen/2013/20131010_HF_1Jahresbericht_DRUCK_final.pdf
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Housing First Pilotbericht Wien (2015)
Report about the Neunerhaus pilot project: case studies, facts, etc. In German: http://www.neunerhaus.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Fachpublikationen/2015/Housing_First_Pilotbericht_2015_final.pdf In English: http://www.neunerhaus.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Fachpublikationen/2015/20150925_HousingFirst_Report_english.pdf
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Zwei Jahre neunerhaus Housing First Pilotprojekt W…
Report about the first two years of the housing first project with some short articles (rental markets in Vienna, gender, care relationship) http://www.neunerhaus.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Fachpublikationen/2014/20141022_HousingFirst_2-Jahresbericht.pdf
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Neunerhaus: Gendersensible Soziale Arbeit im Konte…
Policy paper on the attitude of Neunerhaus housing first towards gender http://www.neunerhaus.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Fachpublikationen/2014/20140602_Gendersensible_Soziale_Arbeit_im_Housing_First_Kontext.pdf
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„Housing First“ in Wien Internationale Diskurse, …
Study about the European discourse and how housing first can be implemented in Vienna. Read or download the study here.
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Housing First in Wien: Eigenständiges Wohnen und S…
http://www.neunerhaus.at/fileadmin/user_upload/2017_Halbartschlager_Hammer_Housing_First_TuP.pdf
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A health and social cost too high
This report represents the first analysis of the consolidated Registry Week data across Australia. The data provides the largest and richest collection of information on people experiencing homelessness in…
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What is Housing First – English
https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLUCuxEnMqUj2hM-KLWDtPjZvlVRVIRKMX&layout=gallery
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What is Housing First – Dutch
https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLUCuxEnMqUj2ebYlgaEnGpDsFH1sBNs7T&layout=gallery
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What is Housing First – French
https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLUCuxEnMqUj2JAhbdF5Oy1hC39r6HeOOg&layout=gallery
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Housing First – tackling Britain’s hom…
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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Can we fix Homelessness in Scotland? Aye we can.
Final report on identifying the best solutions for ending homelessness in Scotland. http://www.ghn.org.uk/shien/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Aye_We_Can_Final_Report_2018-1.pdf
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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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Using Housing First in Integrated Homelessness Str…
This report by Nicholas Pleace explores Housing First in relation to the evidence base on services designed to end homelessness among single people (i.e. lone adults) with support needs….
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International seminar on Housing First brought tog…
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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Social Network Decay as Potential Recovery from Ho…
This paper aims to describe and understand changes in social networks of residents living in a HF program. In this study researchers employed a longitudinal, convergent parallel mixed method…
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Housing solutions to youth homelessness based on a…
Report of the study session organised by FEANTSA Youth in Cooperation with the European Youth Centre of the Council of Europe http://www.feantsa.org/download/2017_feantsa-youth_final_report_study-session2247233005847378843.pdf
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A place to call home: study protocol for a longitu…
The aim of this study was to determine whether two Housing First configurations (scattered site versus congregated site ) are associated with different health-related outcomes. Read or download this…
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The Action Plan for Preventing Homelessness in Fin…
The 2016-2019 Action Plan for Preventing Homelessness in Finland is the third stage of the implementation of an integrated homelessness strategy, which began in 2008. This review by Nicholas…
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Housing First in the UK and Ireland
This publication produced by the CIH Policy and Practice teams across the UK provides information about how Housing First is working across the UK and Ireland, highlights some of…
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Housing First Literature: Different Orientations a…
This paper aims to map HF literature from 1990 to 2014 and it is based on 184 publications. The main criterion for including a publication in the database was that…
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Findings from A Fidelity Assessment of a Housing F…
This paper presents the findings of a second fidelity assessment of a Housing First programme in a small Canadian city. The evaluation included two components: a) a fidelity assessment…
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The Finnish Homelessness Strategy – An Inte…
This international review covers the whole of the Finnish programme to reduce long-term homelessness implemented during 2008–2011 and 2012–2015, Paavo I and Paavo II. The review looks into the programme…
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Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, p…
This paper reviews morbidity and mortality data on four overlapping populations who experience considerable social exclusion: homeless populations, individuals with substance use disorders, sex workers, and imprisoned individuals. Read or…
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Chronically Homeless People in Poland: Target Grou…
This paper by Julia Wygnańska introduces the methodology and results of three studies conducted under the ‘Housing First – Evidence based Advocacy’ project implemented between 2014 and 2016 in Poland…
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The Italian Network for Implementing the ‘Housing …
This paper by Teresa Consoli, Caterina Cortese, Paolo Molinari and Anna Zenarolla discusses the changes and initial results of the first year of experimentation of the Housing First approach…
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Introducing the Housing First Model in Spain: Firs…
In this paper Roberto Bernad, Rebeca Yuncal and Sonia Panadero discuss The Habitat Programme, the first systematic implementation of the Housing First (HF) model in Spain. The paper presents its first steps and…
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Moving Evidence Into Policy: The Story of the At H…
This paper by Eric Macnaughton, Geoffrey Nelson, Paula Goering,and Myra Piat presents a study that aimed to understand the sustainability of the At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) project with respect…
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Improving Health and Social Integration through Ho…
This review by Nicholas Pleace and Deborah Quilgars examines the available evidence on the extent to which Housing First services are effective in promoting health and social and economic…
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Integrated approaches to combating poverty and soc…
This publication of best practices to combat poverty and social exclusion includes Housing First projects from Italy and Denmark. Read the publication here.
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Housing First – Peer Review in Social Protec…
In 2016 the Belgium hosted a Social Protection Committee peer review on Housing First with the support of the European Commission as part of the Social Open Method of…
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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Confronting Home…
This Commission Staff Working Document (CSWD) , which is part of a wider Social Investment Package, argues for more urgent concerted action to take preventative measures that can reduce…
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Housing First Europe Final Report
http://www.habitat.hu/files/FinalReportHousingFirstEurope.pdf This final report of the Housing First Europe (HFE) project will provide an overview of HFE, explain the Housing First approach and current debates about it, and present…
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Providing Housing First for Women
Friday, 17 November 2017 Online | 10:00am-11:00am Threshold provides a successful, gender-specific Housing First service Join this webinar to hear about their work. There is no charge to attend this…
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Passive adaptation or active engagement? The chall…
This paper by Michele Lancione, Alice Stefanizzi and Marta Gaboardi offers a nuanced and critical understanding of the ambiguities related to the international success of this policy, with specific references…
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Evaluatie Housing First
An evaluation of HF4Y in The Netherlands (in Dutch).
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Book on Finnish Housing First
“A Home of Your Own” is a new book on Finnish Housing First principle. It can be downloaded here and it is free of charge.
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Housing First
The report by Nicholas Pleace describes what Housing First is, how it works, explores the evidence base and then discusses the case for the wider use of Housing First…
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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 th…
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 homele…
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. You can watch the video…
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Finland shows example in the fight against homeles…
“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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Mortality and causes of death among homeless in Fi…
This paper presents the results of a research examining the overall and cause-specific mortality among homeless men in Helsinki and the associations of social background and health service use…
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Care and recovery. Letting someone decide for him/…
Taking the example of the “Housing First Programme” in France, the paper analyses the difficulties this form of care meets. Read the paper here. (in French)
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Women and Homelessness in Canada – A brief r…
This report aims to address several topics. First, it discusses the opportunities related to the expansion of research at the OBM. This should help to situate the document in terms…
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Common ground, complementary approaches: adapting …
This article describes the commonalities between the Housing First model and the tenets of domestic violence victim advocacy work and explores how Housing First can be adapted to effectively…
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Housing First new guidance
Homeless Link has published a set of guidelines for Housing First. The Housing First England programme is in the latter half of its second year and is already making an impact. …
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The feasibility study for Housing First in the Liv…
The study is the most comprehensive homelessness reform agenda for a city in England to date, and offers a complete system shift with housing first and housing led approaches that…
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Housing First Feasibility Study for Liverpool City…
The study aimed to test the feasibility of implementing Housing First at scale within the Liverpool City Region. Link to summary of study
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Could Critical Time Intervention work in England?
Description of Critical Time Intervention (CTI) model. link to article
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Passive adaptation or active engagement? The chall…
Michele Lancione, Alice Stefanizzi & Marta Gaboardi ABSTRACT In recent years, a peculiar homelessness policy that goes under the name of ‘Housing First’ has become increasingly popular all over…
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Daring to provide housing for a rapid and sustaina…
Tedx talk on Housing First by Coralie Buxant The most vulnerable homeless people (mental health/drug addiction) find it difficult to complete the successive stages of the traditional integration process….
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Richard Ferrand confirme la création d’un pl…
Par Elodie Raitière Le ministre de la Cohésion des territoires, Richard Ferrand, a confirmé mardi 6 juin 2017 qu’un “plan quinquennal pour le logement d’abord” serait lancé. Lors d’une…
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Housing first in social housing – support for maki…
This session will feature four presentations about successful Housing First initiatives in social housing sectors across Europe. Starting us off will be Finland, a world leader in the reduction…
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Limerick Youth Housing Project Evaluation Report
The innovative project is a collaboration between Focus Ireland, Tusla and Limerick City and Council, with the aim of providing homes for vulnerable young people along with vital support…
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Changing Profiles of Homelessness: Implications fo…
Date: 22 September 2017 Theme: Changing Profiles of Homelessness: Implications for Services Location: University of Barcelona Draft conference programme Book of Abstracts Registration
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Making Housing Work in Social Housing – Internatio…
Making Housing Work in Social Housing – International Festival of Social Housing
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Housing First for Youth – Study Session in coopera…
Housing First for Youth – Study Session in cooperation with FEANTSA Youth and the Council of Europe, Budapest, 12 – 16 June.
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What is Housing First – Hungarian
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Housing First Guidance for Social Landlords
Link to the Guide: https://hfe.homeless.org.uk/sites/default/files/attachments/Housing%20First%20Guidance%20for%20Social%20Landlords_0.pdf
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Announcing the Launch of Making the Shift!
The Making the Shift initiative, launched in April 2017 by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, aims to transform how youth homelessness is addressed in…
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A New Direction: A Framework for Homelessness Prev…
Preventing homelessness makes as much sense as preventing disease or accidents, yet Canada lacks a national approach to do so. A New Direction: A Framework for Homelessness Prevention sets…
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Ted Talk – Juha Kaakinen – Housing Fir…
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Juha Kaakinen describes the main features of the Housing First concept. He also tries…
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Lessons from Denmark on Housing First
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RMXntBKiZ4 Video about Housing First in Denmark, in Dutch, produced after a Belgian study visit to Denmark.
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Housing First, and Afterwards Assessment and propo…
Read the article here. (in French)
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#HomelessZero non è uno slogan: ecco le azioni con…
#HomelessZero non è uno slogan. La campagna di sensibilizzazione promossa da fio.PSD – Federazione italiana organismi persone senza dimora con il patrocinio del Ministero del lavoro e delle politiche…
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Government considering plans to house addicts who …
The British Government is considering to adopt Housing First -strategy to help homeless addicts.
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Homeless Find a Champion in Canada’s Medicin…
In this article, the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, is spotlighted as a pioneering model of the Housing First approach to homelessness. Instead of requiring individuals to meet conditions…
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Mending the gaps in social work education and rese…
The gap-mending concept is an analytical tool that helps teachers and researchers in social work to reflect upon what, in their practice, increases, maintains or mends gaps between professionals…
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Want to end homelessness? How about converting eve…
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Report on the state of substandard housing in Fran…
You can find the report here. (in French)
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What Happens After the Demonstration Phase?: The S…
This research examined the sustainability of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Housing First (HF) programmes for homeless persons with mental illness 2 years after the end of the demonstration phase…
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Homelessness Reduction Bill becomes law in the UK
The Big Issue: Homeless reduction bill becomes law Guardian: Homeless reduction bill: a small step in the right direction
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Life goals and gender differences among chronicall…
Melissa Bird, Harmony Rhoades, John Lahey, Julie Cederbaum and Suzanne Wenzel ABSTRACT This research seeks to understand goals and the gender differences in goals among men and women who…
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What drives the high health care costs of the home…
Kaylene Zaretzky, Paul Flatau, Bridget Spicer, Elizabeth Conroy & Lucy Burns This research provides a significant economic argument for government intervention to break the cycle of homelessness as the…
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What drives the high health care costs of the home…
Existing research demonstrates that mean health care costs incurred by those experiencing homelessness are high. However, high mean health care costs mask the fact that a sizeable number of…
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A Randomised Trial Examining Housing First in Cong…
Abstract Objective No previous experimental trials have investigated Housing First (HF) in both scattered site (SHF) and congregate (CHF) formats. We hypothesised that CHF and SHF would be associated…
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First examination of varying health outcomes of th…
Objective: To determine whether two Housing First configurations (scattered site versus congregated site ) are associated with different health-related outcomes. Methods: This ecological study employed a longitudinal, quantitative…
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The Principles for Housing First in England
Free webinar organized by Homeless Link will introduce listeners to the principles for providing Housing First in England. Time: Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 14:00 – 15:00 GMT Registration: http://www.homeless.org.uk/events/online/hfe…
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Una casa per ogni senzatetto: l’obiettivo è raggiu…
Conclusa la fase sperimentale del progetto che vuole eliminare i dormitori, per inserire subito i senzatetto in un’abitazione. I dati sono positivi: l’80 per cento dei soggetti – 550…
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Off the Streets
Inside Housing -magazine’s report on how Housing First model is currently used in UK
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How Finland fixed homelessness
Inside Housing -magazine’s report on Finnish homelessness policy and Housing First
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“Housing First” for Homeless Youth Wit…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: “Housing First” has been shown to improve housing stability in homeless individuals with mental illness, but had not been empirically tested in homeless youth. We aimed…
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Housing First and Social Integration: A Realistic …
Housing First is now dominating discussions about how best to respond to homelessness among people with high and complex needs throughout the EU and in several countries within the…
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Housing First Programmes can end Street Homelessne…
Abstract: Evidence continues to pile up from the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia that Housing First Programmes can end homelessness for people who have been…
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Housing First, but what comes second? A qualitativ…
Abstract Single-site Housing First (HF) is associated with reduced publicly funded service utilization and costs and alcohol-related harm for chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems. Many residents, however,…
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Lessons from Finland: helping homeless people star…
Juha Kaakinen, the chief executive of the Y-Foundation, wrote an article on The Guardian. Read it here
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The Governance of Inclusive Growth – An Over…
Achieving inclusive growth relates closely to how governments work and how policies are designed, implemented, delivered and evaluated. This publication presents an overview of country initiatives concerning inclusive growth…
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Individual, Housing, and Neighbourhood Predictors …
The current longitudinal study evaluated the individual, housing, and neighborhood characteristics predictive of feeling psychologically integrated within one’s neighbourhood among a population of homeless and vulnerably housed individuals. Participants…
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The At Home / Chez Soi Project
This report looks at the sustainability of the At Home/Chez Soi’s (AHCS) housing and support teams in each of the project’s five sites: Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton….
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Ga voor Housing First!
Belgian Housing First Handbook Ga voor Housing First-handbook_(language: Dutch) Osons Housing First-handbook_(language: French) Belgian Housing First Leaflet Housing First Belgium results (language: English) Housing First Belgium resultaten (language:…
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Housing First Guide – Europe
The Housing First Guide – Europe is a cornerstone text for all policymakers, researchers, practitioners, trainers, and anyone else who wishes to understand Housing First and how to implement…
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The role of perceived housing quality and perceive…
This study explores, from an ecological perspective, the relationship between perceived housing quality and the perception of choice, and between perceived choice and recovery of 45 Housing First Lisbon…
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Learning to feel at home. Governing homelessness a…
The emotional and affective dynamics of homelessness are an established matter of concern in geographical research. Geographers have called attention to homelessness as an embodied phenomenon and to the…
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Un chez-soi d’abord – Retour sur 6 ann…
Un chez soi d’abord retour sur 6 années d’expérimentation (language: French) The experimental Housing First- program Un chez soi d’abord – main results 2011-2015 (language: English)
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Gendering Women’s Homelessness
Abstract The importance of developing gender-sensitive policy responses to women’s homelessness has emerged in recent literature on homelessness. To achieve this, policy responses must recognise the diverse and complex…
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Testing a Typology of Homelessness Across Welfare …
This article compares patterns of homeless shelter use in Denmark and the USA. Combining data from homeless shelters in Denmark with population registers, we find that the prevalence of…
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Housing First in Vienna: a socially innovative ini…
Abstract Over the last years, affordable housing has become less accessible in Vienna and homelessness has remained a problem. This paper describes Housing First—a socially innovative initiative—and investigates how…
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Canadian Housing First Toolkit: The At Home/Chez S…
This toolkit is based on the experience of the Canadian At Home/Chez Soi project that used the Pathways to Housing model of Housing First for homeless people with mental…
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Les Actions Autour du Logement d’Abord en Bo…
Report of Housing First in Bourgogne, France. Read the report here.
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Housing First in Canada: Supporting Communities to…
In March 2013, there was a five-year renewal by the Government of Canada of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS). This renewal included a new focus on the Housing First…
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Final reports and contributions from the final Hou…
Housing First Europe – Final report
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