• per train the trainers - Margherita Neri

    Name: Margherita Neri

    Cooperativa Sociale Piazza Grande

    Country: Italy
    Languages: ItalianSpanish

    Margherita has been working for 10 years in services aimed at homeless people within third sector organizations. She has always been passionate about the issue of the right to...

  • _dsc6224_schwemberger_patrick.jpg__600x0_q95_crop-True_subsampling-2_upscale-True - Patrick Schwemberger

    Name: Patrick Schwemberger

    Verein dowas

    Country: Austria
    Languages: German

    After completing compulsory school and an apprenticeship in the metal industry, I studied “social work/social management” at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences on the second educational path. I...

  • Profiili - Asunto Ensin Verkostokehittäjät

    Name: Mia Saarela

    Y-Säätiö

    Country: Finland
    Languages: EnglishFinnish

    Mia is Coordinator for the National Housing First Development Network in Finland. She is passionate about eradicating homelessness and developing new ways of approaching housing-related issues. Mia has a...

  • Pauline Portefaix

    Name: Pauline Portefaix

    Fondation Abbé Pierre

    Country: France
    Languages: EnglishFrench

    I am working at the advocacy level on Housing First in France. In my work for Fondation Abbé Pierre, which is known for its expertise in the evaluation of...

  • Leah Watkins

    Name: Leah Watkins

    Housing Choices WA

    Country: Australia
    Languages: English

    Leah has over 30 years of experience in the homelessness and housing sector ranging from frontline outreach to managing services and coordinating interagency collaboration projects. Leah also spent 10...

  • EVALUATION: National Housing First Implementation Evaluation Findings Prepared for the National Housing First Implementation Committee

    “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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    Category: | EvaluationResearch
  • PHOTO-2022-09-18-12-41-38 - Raphael Bouloudnine WFX

    Name: Raphael Bouloudnine

    WFX

    Country: France
    Languages: EnglishFrench

    Raphael is a psychiatrist with a degree in public health from NOVA university. After 10 years in Un chez soi d’abord (French Housing First), he works in working first...

  • EVALUATION: 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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    Category: | Evaluation
  • IMG_20210515_102559695_BURST001 (3) - De Bolle Geert

    Name: Geert De Bolle

    Housing First Lab

    Country: Belgium
    Languages: DutchEnglish

    “For me, Housing First is about dignity. By offering people back a home that is really theirs, you give them so much more: freedom and autonomy, life chances, future,...

  • EVALUATION: Findings from the 50 LIVES 50 HOMES Program – Zero Project, Perth, Australia

    The 50 Lives 50 Homes program (50 Lives), which commenced in late-2015 and was the first Housing First program in Western Australia (WA). It was a collaborative program that...

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