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Coordination & Communications assistant

Miranda joined the Housing First Europe Hub in September 2024. Within the Hub, she contributes to the smooth running of the Community of Practice, to the organisation of online and in-person events and the strengthening of the partnership between Hub members and allies as assistant coordinator. She previously gained experience at the European Commission’s DG HOME funding directorate, at the Venice Immigration and Social Inclusion office, and in local NGOs dealing with homelessness and migrants’ integration.

I am a sociologist and have worked with social work and homelessness for almost 20 years in various sectors. Now I work as a development manager at Stockholm City Mission. I went to cohort 4 and since then have trained in housing first for Sweden's city missions, mainly for municipalities in the start-up phase but also in other forms. Housing first because it works!

Maria has started working with clients. Substance abuse, mental health, social problems and homelessness are familiar themes to her from that time. She has also designed services for these client groups and acted as Programme Manager for the Helsinki region of the programme to reduce long-term homelessness. Currently, Maria works at the Y-Foundation, where she has been for the last eleven years in various positions. She is currently working in the Housing First Network Developers and her tasks include the dissemination and mainstreaming of Housing First work, for example through trainings.

Julia's engagement in homelessness began with research for the Municipality of Warsaw during her Sociology studies at the University of Warsaw before becoming an independent researcher for the European Observatory on Homelessness (FEANTSA). In her later projects she concentrated on evaluating housing led programs through in-depth interviews with people experiencing homelessness. Since 2019 she’s a leader of Housing First Poland Foundation. Currently she provides fidelity consultation for the teams that want to develop their programs towards HF principles. Last but not least she is a social integration therapist and motivational interviewing practitioner and with that background she works as a support worker for people experiencing homelessness in Warsaw.

Marlene is a project manager and team leader at neunerhaus Housing First in Vienna and a lecturer for Housing First at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences. Marlene previously worked as a social worker with young refugees and in the education sector.

Project Officer

I joined the Housing First Europe Hub in 2022 as the Coordination & Communications Assistant and got the opportunity to gain experience in advocacy, research and capacity building to support the scaling up of Housing First around Europe. Now I am working as Project Coordinator for the Hub and am committed to continue contributing to the fight towards ending European homelessness.

Admin & Finance Assistant

I’ve recently joined the HUB as an Admin and Finance Assistant. I’m in charge of invoicing, reimbursements, maintaining records of transactions, follow-up of payments, expense claims, and overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department.

Coordination & Communications assistant

I've joined the Housing First Europe Hub in September 2023. Within the Hub, I contributed to the smooth running of the Community of Practice, to the organisation of online and in-person events and the strengthening of the partnership between Hub members and allies as assistant coordinator. I also took care of social media and communication.

I’m a Social Worker with more than 7 years experience in the homeless sector in the UK and Spain, where I managed Housing First projects for Provivienda and Hogar Sí alliance. I believe that building a strong, supportive community is at the core of any successful endeavor.

I manage the S NÁMI DOMŮ project (WITH US HOME program), which has been operating since 2018 and meets all the conditions of Housing First for Youth. As part of the program, we provide housing for children leaving children's homes and foster families and help them integrate into society.