Resources & Research from Italy

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 in the early nineties in New York and later spread to Europe, on the initiative of fio.PSD becomes the object of experimentation to a network of […]

The Italian Network for Implementing the ‘Housing First’ Approach

This paper by Teresa Consoli, Caterina Cortese, Paolo Molinari and Anna Zenarolla discusses the changes and initial results of the first year of experimentation of the Housing First approach in Italy. The paper looks into the reasons that moved Italy to embrace this policy, and describes the efforts carried out by fio.PSD (the Italian Federation of Organizations […]

Integrated approaches to combating poverty and social exclusion – Best practices from EU Member States

This publication of best practices to combat poverty and social exclusion includes Housing First projects from Italy and Denmark. http://www.effectiefarmoedebeleid.nl/files/3614/6668/9668/WEB_93954_EUNL_Brochure_A4.pdf

Passive adaptation or active engagement? The challenges of Housing First internationally and in the Italian case

This paper by Michele Lancione, Alice Stefanizzi and Marta Gaboardi offers a nuanced and critical understanding of the ambiguities related to the international success of this policy, with specific references to the challenges associated to its translation in the Italian case. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318027576_Passive_adaptation_or_active_engagement_The_challenges_of_Housing_First_internationally_and_in_the_Italian_case

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Passive adaptation or active engagement? The challenges of Housing First internationally and in the Italian case

Overview of the challenges of the implementation of the Housing First internationally and in the Italian case

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The Governance of Inclusive Growth – An Overview of Country Initiatives

Achieving inclusive growth relates closely to how governments work and how policies are designed, implemented, delivered and evaluated. This publication presents an overview of country initiatives concerning inclusive growth in 39 OECD member and partner countries. It was prepared in the context of the OECD Public Governance Ministerial Meetings held in Helsinki, Finland, on 28 […]