Housing First Guide Europe
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The document summarizes a Housing First Guide for Europe produced by FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless. It was a 2-year project funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The Guide was created with an advisory board of European housing experts and is aimed at service providers and policymakers. It includes 6 units that can be accessed through an online, multilingual website and was launched at an event on June 9, 2016 in Brussels.
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Housing First Guide Europe
- 1. María J. Aldanas Project Officer, FEANTSA An online Guide for service providers and policy makers
- 2. Housing First Guide Europe • First step in a future strategy within FEANTSA in relation to Housing First • Funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation • 2 year project: September 2014-August 2016 • Aimed at service providers and policy makers • Dedicated website: – 6 units – Self-guided activities – Additional resources page – Languages: EN & FR • Launch event: 9th June 2016
- 3. Who produced the Guide? • FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless coordinated the production of the Guide • Funding from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation • An Advisory Board of experts from different disciplines and countries supported the creation of written and audio-visual materials. • The Guide was discussed by additional experts in a range of focus groups involving practitioners and service users.
- 4. FEANTSA • Feantsa: European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless • 130 Members from 26 EU Member States • UK: – Homeless Link, Crisis UK, Caer Las, Community Campus 87 LTD, Council for the Homeless, Northern Ireland, Cymorth Cymru, Glasgow Homelessness Network, Glasgow Simon Community, Homeless Action Scotland, Housing Justice, Shelter Cymru, Sitra, St Mungo’s Broadway, The Big Issue, The Connection at St Martin’s, The Wallich, Turning Point Scotland, Ty Gwalia, Veterans’ Aid • Core-funded by the European Commission • Activities: – Lobbying – Research: European Observatory on Homelessness – Exchange of experiences and practice – Raising Awareness on Homelessness
- 5. Advisory Board Name Position Sam Tsemberis Founder and Director of Pathways to Housing. USA Pascale Estecahandy Doctor and Coordinator of the programme « Un Chez Soi d’abord» France Juha Kaakinen Director of Y Foundation, Finland Eoin O’Sullivan Professor, Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Vic Rainer Director of Sitra, UK Birthe Povlsen National Board of Social Services, Ministry of Social Affairs, Denmark Roberto Bernad Programme Director in RAIS Foundation, Madrid, Spain Marco Iazzolino Senior policy officer in fioPSD, Housing First Italia, Italy Judith Wolf Professor of Social Care at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands Teresa Duarte Associação Para o Estudo e Integração Psicossocial (AIEPS), Portugal
- 6. What’s the Guide? • The Guide is a resource about Housing First in Europe. • The Guide is the first European resource of its kind. As Housing First has taken off in Europe, a growing demand has emerged for knowledge and expertise. • Until now, much of the available material has come from North America. • There was a need for practical guidance bringing together existing knowledge and experience on doing Housing First in European contexts.
- 7. Who’s the Guide for? • The Guide is for people who want to know more about what Housing First means and how it works in Europe. • It aims to support practitioners and policy makers who are implementing, or interested in developing, Housing First. • Users of the Guide will include managers and frontline staff of homeless services
- 8. Housing First Guide Europe: Homepage
- 9. 1. What is Housing First? 2. Core principles of Housing First 3. Delivering support in Housing First 4. Delivering housing in Housing First 5. Measuring outcomes in Housing First 6. Housing First and Wider Strategy Housing First Guide: 6 Units
- 10. 1. Housing is a human right 2. Choice and control for service users 3. Separation of housing and treatment 4. Recovery orientation 5. Harm reduction 6. Active engagement without coercion 7. Person-centred planning 8. Flexible support for as long as is required Core Principles of Housing First
- 11. READ // WATCH // TEST How to Use the Guide
- 12. Key questions and activities
- 13. Other resources
- 16. Sustainability • Idea of an Institute to support future actions using the guide as a basis for building a European learning community on Housing First in Europe • Last proposal on the table is the Housing First Hub Europe expanding beyond training and coaching • 3 strands: Practice, Research and Policy • Funding: Y-Foundation, SNF mainly but with collaboration of the members of the Advisory Board • Activities – Starting with the transformation of the guide into a practical training course, the development and launch of a master class on advocacy around Housing First and the development of Housing First Faculty. – Multiannual work programme
- 17. “Housing First in Europe: latest evidence for policy and practice” Launch Event • Save the Date: 9th June 2016 • 1 day conference before Feantsa Annual Conference • Venue: Palais d’Egmont, Brussels • Co-organised with SPP Integration Social (Belgian Social Affaires Ministry) – 300 attendants to the Annual Conference. – Teams from Housing First Belgium • Focus – Launch of the Housing First Guide Europe – Housing First Belgium Programme 2 year outcomes
- 18. María J. Aldanas. Project Officer FEANTSA info@housingfirstguide.eu Thanks for your interest Any questions?
Editor's Notes
- 1) It has been designed to explain what Housing First is and how it actually works in a range of European contexts. It sets out the core principles of Housing First and shows how these are implemented in different settings. 3) It complements similar manuals developed in the US (Tsemberis 2010) and Canada (Canadian Housing First Toolkit).
- 3) It can also be relevant for other people working in related sectors such as health and housing; national and local policy-makers; researchers; people with experience of homelessness and other stakeholders.
- 1) Description what housing first is and how it works, history of Housing first and evidence that hf works in different areas 2) Summarizes the core principles of Housing First, Housing First can exist in several forms. 3) Shows how support in provided in HF. Enabling choice (personalisation), providing intensive open-ended support following harm reduction and separating housing from support (unconditional housing) are the main features of Housing First 4) Explores he different ways in which housing can be provided 5) This units covers outcome measurement but also the fidelity testing 6) Looks at the role of Housing first in the wider homeless strategy, meaning how can HF can work alongside other homeless services The Guide discuss strengths and limits of different models
- What is and what is not Housing First can be determined by whether it follows the core principles…
- Each unit tries to answer a number of key questions through different types of resources and activities. Read: a chapter of the Guide 6 chapters, one for very unit (written by Nicholas Pleace based on the comments of the Advisory Board) Watch videos, presentations and other materials We have also have been filming in 6 different cities in Europe (Newcastle and Glasgow -Changing Lives and Turning Point Scotland-) One introductory video, one or two clips in every unit, other materials like individual project fiches One test for every unit
- Each unit tries to answer a number of key questions through different types of resources and activities. Read: a chapter of the Guide 6 chapters, one for very unit (written by Nicholas Pleace based on the comments of the Advisory Board and the Feantsa Office) Watch videos, presentations and other materials We have also have been filming in 6 different cities in Europe (Changing Lives and Turning Point Scotland) One introductory video, one or two clips in every unit, other materials like individual project fiches One test for every unit
- Important to underline how national platforms can engage with the Guide and its follow up We believe there is potentially some added value for Homelesslink to engage in a European learning community. Example of how other national platforms are using the Guide, FEANTSA and the EU dynamic to support their work. Belgian platform, for example, called housing first network: Using the core principles of the Guide to develop their work Feantsa organizing study visits for them to Copenhaguen/ Odense (Denmark) for exchange learning