Unlocking Housing for Housing First: innovative action & collaboration

This workshop will present local level innovative actions to address homelessness& housing exclusion through prevention& collaboration with housing& social services providers. This workshop will bring together housing providers, Housing First providers and other experts to learn from each other about how to access more housing for Housing First, considering the key conditions required to increase supply (legislation, funding, etc.), taking inspiration from successful examples across Europe. 

11:00-11:20 Opening: Bent Madsen, President of Housing Europe, and Gyorgy Sumeghy, Habitat for Humanity on behalf of HSP (15 min)

11:20-12:10 

Moderation: Samara Jones, Housing First Hub

Panel discussion:
case studies sourcing housing for Housing first 

•   Joey Lawrie, Homes for Good, Scotland
•   Kate Polson, Rock Trust
•   Juha Kahila, Y-Foundation

Cities strategies to unlock housing and address homelessness:

•   Carme Fortea, director homelessness Department, city of Barcelona
•   Renaud Payre, in charge of housing for the metropolis of Lyon
•   Coilín O’Reilly, Assistant Chief Executive, Dublin City Council

12:10-12:20 

Closing words: Clotilde Clark-Foulquier, FEANTSA on behalf of HSP (10 min)