Housing First
Housing First provides immediate access to ordinary housing without conditions such as sobriety, giving people control over the support and treatment they receive. Policies and practices are designed to help people stay housed, whether they are at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
Samara Jones
Laura Fritz
In traditional homeless services, people often must prove they are 'housing ready' before accessing stable housing. Housing First turns this approach around: housing is the starting point, not the end point.
Housing First provides immediate access to ordinary housing without conditions such as sobriety, giving people control over the support and treatment they receive. Policies and practices are designed to help people stay housed, whether they are at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
The Housing First Europe Hub was founded in 2016 by the Y-Foundation (Finland) and FEANTSA. The Hub’s mission is to make Housing First the central response to homelessness by driving system change through advocacy, training, research, practice, communication, and capacity building.
Today, it brings together more than 45 organisations, cities, government ministries, housing providers and researchers across 15+ countries.
Find out more about Housing First, its core principles and the Housing Fist Europe Hub on the Housing First Europe Hub webpage.
