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 and develops training in recovery oriented practice. His year as an assistant visiting professor at Yale University as part of the Program For Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) was an opportunity to visit several Housing First programmes in the US.

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Dagmara Lutoslawska

Housing First Berlin

Country: Germany

Languages: EnglishGerman

Dagmara is a psychologist and has been working with people with mental illness for more than 10 years at low thresholds, with a focus on recovery and empowerment. In...
Miriam Sanabria

Hogar Sí

Country: Spain

Languages: Spanish

I am a social educator and social worker. As a social intervention professional from 2011, I have worked in many social sectors and social areas, which has allowed me...
Sarah Edwards

Crisis

Country: UK

Languages: English

I am currently a Team Leader of a London-Wide Housing First Service (Crisis UK). I have over 10 years experience working in the homelessness sector, predominately in Housing First...
Thomas Lambrechts

Capuche asbl

Country: Belgium

Languages: French

Development of associative project for more than 20 years. I have worked in the fields of culture, politics, sport/leisure and real estate. Investing 100% in HF4Y projects since 2021.
Tomáš Novotný

Spolek PORTAVITA

Country: Czech Republic

Languages: Czech

I started working in 2006 in a Halfway house Chamomile as a social worker and since the year 2013 an educator in a facility for children requiring immediate help...
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...
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...
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

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...
Magdalena Syrówka

Przyszłość jest dziś

Country: Poland

Languages: EnglishPolish

I am a therapist, psychologist, sexual educator and mediator. I worked as a frontline support worker and than also as the head of the team implementing Housing First in...
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...
Dieuwertje de Jong

LIMOR

Country: Netherlands

Languages: DutchEnglish

My name is Dieuwertje de Jong. I am working for the municipality of Groningen. I advice on policy for social care and homelessness. Before this I was a Housing...
Anna Gazda

Independent

Country: Poland

Languages: Polish

Professional manager in a social projects, trainer and coach. Former social worker. Works for the local government units, cooperates with NGOs and private entrepreneurs. Creates and implements social projects...
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...
Josep Agustí Feliu

Sant Joan de Déu

Country: Spain

Languages: CatalanSpanish

I’m Josep and I have 10 years of experience working in the social sector as a Social Educator. I started working with people with disabilities, with children in care...
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,...
Abele Sangiorgio

fioPSD; Opera San Francesco

Country: Italy

Languages: EnglishItalian

"I've worked in schools and residential services for adolescents for almost 10 years. I work as a support worker and a case manager in an Housing First service since...
Amanda Bloxsome

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Country: UK

Languages: English

I am an accomplished leader, who is a member of the Chartered Institute of Managers and educated to post graduate level. I am passionate about system change within homelessness...
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...
Samara Jones

Programme Coordinator, Housing First Europe Hub
samara.jones@housingfirsteurope.eu

Samara Jones – Programme Coordinator, Housing First Europe Hub Text to be added. Languages: English, Dutch, French Contact Samara: samara.jones@housingfirsteurope.eu
Matilde Revelli

Programme and Communication Assistant, Housing First Europe Hub
intern@housingfirsteurope.eu
Country: Italy

Matilde is a recent graduate of KU Leuven University (Belgium), where she completed a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development. Despite having a background in international relations and political science,...
Taina Hytönen

Programme Coordinator, Housing First Europe Hub
taina.hytonen@housingfirsteurope.eu
Country: Finland

Taina works as the Manager of International Work in Y-Foundation in Finland. After social studies at the University of Helsinki she worked at the city of Helsinki to develop...
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...
Emine Özkan

Neunerhaus - Hilfe für obdachlose Menschen

Country: Austria

Languages: EnglishGermanTurkish

Emine Özkan has a leading position at the Austrian social organization Neunerhaus, where she has managed the Housing First team since 2018. Previously, Emine worked in the field of...
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)....
Nadyah Abdel Salam

GIE La ville autrement - Est Metropole Habitat

Country: France

Languages: French

Nadyah is a socio-urbanist and a task officer at GIE La Ville Autrement where she works on the deployment of partnership projects for the homeless in the metropolitan of...
Muriel Allart

Smes

Country: Belgium

Languages: French

Muriel is a Psychologist with 10 years of experience in Harm Reduction. She has been a Housing First Manager since 2013 – including ACT + ICM team management –...
Peter Brepoels

Steunpunt Mens en Samenleving

Country: Belgium

Languages: DutchEnglish

Peter started to work in youth and young adult care in the nineties, being focused on youth at risk of becoming homeless or young adults being homeless. At the...
Rémi Dekoninck

Diogènes (Station Logement)/ Projet Lama

Country: Belgium

Languages: French

Rémi has 20 years of experience working in the social sector, with experience in a wide range of social and homeless services, including: Social Worker since 2000 Social Housing...
Jo Prestidge

Homeless Link

Country: UK

Languages: English

Jo is an experienced project manager supporting the development and delivery of innovation and good practice within the field of homelessness and complex needs. This includes as the lead...
Pilvi Azeem

Y-Säätiö/Y-Foundation

Country: Finland

Languages: EnglishFinnish

Pilvi’s first experience working with people experiencing homelessness was in Scotland year 2005 where she worked as an assertive outreach worker for over two years, learning first-hand about people...
David Valouch

Platform for Social Housing

Country: Czech Republic

Languages: CzechEnglishSlovak

David has over 15 years of work with drug addicts, including as an outreach worker, frontline worker, community therapist, and parental counsellor. He also has 3 years experience working...