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13.5.2022

Looking to the Future – Juha Kaakinen on the importance of perspective when developing Housing First

“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 to retirement as a senior advisor. It means that I can speak freely without any liabilities. I have a theory that when you’re young you have […] Read more...


3.5.2022

VACANCY: Paid internship opportunity at the Housing First Europe Hub

The Housing First Europe Hub is recruiting an intern to support our coordination and communication work. We are a partnership of over 20 organisations, housing providers, governments, cities, foundations and researchers working together to end and prevent homelessness in Europe and beyond.  Responsibilities As an Intern, you will be responsible for: Assisting the Coordinator in […] Read more...


29.3.2022

PRESS RELEASE: Systemic change needed to end homelessness in Europe for good

(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 First is the key to unlocking systemic change to end homelessness in Europe by 2030. That’s the central message from the inaugural conference of the […] Read more...


25.3.2022

PUBLICATION: A New Systems Change Perspective Report and Policy & Practice Guide to achieving a new systems perspective to ending homelessness through Housing First

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, advocates, experts and practitioners of Housing First through interviews and workshops in search of meaningful ways to ensure […] Read more...


6.1.2022

Understanding the ‘How’ in Housing First: Part 2 – What sets Housing First frontline workers apart?

In the second of a two-part series on 'Understanding the 'How' in Housing First', Melanie Schmit kicks off the year by sharing some thoughts and insights into what makes a great Housing First worker. Read more...


12.11.2021

Inaugural Housing First Europe Hub Conference: 28-29th March 2022, Madrid

The Housing First Europe Hub would like to invite all of our partners and associate members, but also policy-makers, local and regional authorities, civil servants, NGOs, service providers, housing providers, and all interested parties to our first international conference, taking place from 28-29th March, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. This event will provide a welcome opportunity […] Read more...


14.10.2021

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 past 10 years. Whatever the indicators, whatever the reasons, whatever the policies aiming to provide a home to those who do not have one, this increase […] Read more...


13.10.2021

Join our online Introduction to Housing First on Thursday, 21st October

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 to 18:00 (Brussels/Paris time) and will introduce the basics of the Housing First model and its core principles. Participants can join a session in either English, […] Read more...


2.7.2021

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 where they can share experiences and knowledge, and confront each other on the practice of Housing First for Youth. If you are interested in taking part […] Read more...


1.6.2021

Understanding the ‘How’ in Housing First: Part 1 – The importance of a relation-based approach – Melanie Schmit

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 from providing a stable long-term home and supports for service users, how is the care provided different from other approaches in the homeless sector? What does […] Read more...


8.4.2021

Housing First for Women means Safety First – Pilvi Azeem

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 this article is based on the publication Kohti kotia ja turvaa which was released by the NEA Securing Housing for Women Project in 2020. Homelessness has […] Read more...


16.3.2021

Call for Submissions: Housing First Early Career Researcher Award 2021

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 to the changes in the homelessness policies and services. To promote  interest among early career researchers and the research community in general about the Housing First […] Read more...


11.3.2021

Lessons from 10 years of Housing First – Nicky Miller, Turning Point Scotland

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 what hasn’t gone so well. We had planned an actual event but Covid 19 brought us the scary task of organising our first ever digital l […] Read more...


8.3.2021

International Women’s Day 2021 – Women & Homelessness

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 service managers, trainers, support workers, peer workers, advocates, frontline workers, among many others – but to also recognise the journeys of the clients who use services […] Read more...


6.8.2020

Housing First for Youth housing pilot project leads to positive outcomes for young people facing homelessness in Scotland

  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 the lives of the young people using the service over a two-year pilot period. The Rock Trust pilot project is the first HF4Y service set up […] Read more...


19.5.2020

THIS is Housing First for Youth: Europe – A Program Model Guide

  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 – Europe – a programme model guide for starting up and running HF4Y in Europe.   Over the past several years the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness has […] Read more...


23.4.2020

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 During COVID-19  COVID-19 Harm Reduction Resources Protecting Worker Well-Being in the Homeless Serving Sector Supporting Survivors’ Access to Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services During […] Read more...


27.2.2020

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 the changes in the homelessness policies and services. To promote  interest among early career researchers and the research community in general about the Housing First model […] Read more...


19.11.2019

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 produced with support from the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the Housing First Europe Hub. The guide provides an introduction to Housing First, […] Read more...


10.10.2019

New report shows more political support needed to reduce homelessness using proven ‘Housing First’ model

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 from the study shows that the Housing First model is effective, but needs more political support to increase its impact across Europe. As opposed to traditional […] Read more...


3.10.2019

Housing First Early Career Researcher Award 2019 – And the winner is…

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 Home”. The paper was co-authored by Jezabel Cartoixà; Marta Llobet and Joan Uribe, and will appear as an article in an upcoming edition of the European […] Read more...


14.3.2019

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 how systems respond to the changes in the homelessness policies and services. Aiming at promoting the interest among early career researchers and the research community in […] Read more...


7.1.2019

Rising homelessness is always the result of failed policies

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 homeless people. But after Christmas many homeless people face the hard reality of the streets again and keep asking: For how long? One may need shelter […] Read more...


12.11.2018

Trudeau promet le droit au logement : les exemples de la France et de la Finlande

Le gouvernement fédéral veut intégrer le droit au logement dans la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés avant les prochaines élections. Ce droit est incorporé dans la législation de plusieurs autres pays. Le Canada devrait-il en tirer certaines leçons? The Canadian federal government seeks to include the right to housing in the Charter of Rights […] Read more...


24.4.2018

INVITATION TO TENDER – “HOUSING FIRST ‘STATE OF EUROPE’ ANALYSIS AND REPORT”

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 Housing First delivery and political commitment with the model across Europe (EU and EFTA countries). The result of the research (as a report) will provide an […] Read more...


20.4.2018

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 policies and services. Aiming at promoting the interest among early career researchers and the research community in general about the Housing First model across Europe, the […] Read more...


10.4.2018

Housing First – tackling Britain’s homelessness crisis

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/ Read more...


10.4.2018

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 served by mainstream provision? https://i-sphere.org/2018/03/19/why-does-housing-first-work/ Read more...


9.3.2018

International seminar on Housing First brought together experts and civil servants

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 was to discuss and share information on how to solve homelessness. Finnish Housing First on the focus The seminar participants gained a broad overview of the […] Read more...


27.10.2017 Go

Book on Finnish Housing First

"A Home of Your Own" is a new book on Finnish Housing First principle Read more...