Subject: Housing First

  • Linkedafb - Skippen Dam

    Name: Peter-Jan Heylenbosch

    Goodmen services - Freelancer

    Country: Belgium
    Languages: DutchEnglish

    Since the beginning of my career as a social worker I loved working with people suffering homelesness. I started working in day shelter for homless people during my studies...

    • Housing First für Frauen / Housing First for Women

    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 […]

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    Name: Melanie Schmit

    LIMOR & Housing First Netherlands

    Country: Netherlands
    Languages: DutchEnglish

    Melanie Schmit’s entire working life has been about people in need, among which the biggest part has been in the field of homelessness. She studied social work, then completed...

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    Name: 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)....

  • Näyttökuva 2022-5-25 kello 13.55.16

    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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    Category: | EvaluationHousing First
  • Näyttökuva 2022-5-25 kello 13.55.16

    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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    Category: | HomelessnessHousing FirstMental Illness
  • Näyttökuva 2022-5-25 kello 13.55.16

    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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    Category: | HomelessnessHousing First
  • Näyttökuva 2022-5-25 kello 13.55.16

    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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    Category: | HomelessnessHousing First