Room 4 Coop Presentation Freek Spinnewijn / FEANTSA Eurocities Homelessness Working Group 7/12/2018 – Vienna

FEANTSA NGOs but… All EU member states Wide thematic coverage 30 years experience Research OBS BRX Team of 15

Context (Rapidly) Increasing levels of homelessness Increasing evidence of what works Policy in three directions Appetite to change… Potential Housing First Status quo … Continuation ‘stair case approach’ Criminalisation …

EU relevance: what the Commission says Pillar of social rights BUT No concrete plans Semester 2019 Package (AGS) homelessness OUT No monitoring Funds No steer from EU towards better targeting FEAD ‘disaster’ Urban Agenda About to ‘die’ LETS NOT GET INSTRUMENTALISED!

EU Relevance What we think? Need for EU Homelessness Strategy If not – homelessness gets overlooked Key elements Exchanges & Research Huge potential Cross DG EU funding Pro-active Beyond ESF EU Guidance

How to cooperate POLITICAL LEARNING FUNDING EU level National level Lobby for ‘serious’ EU framework/strategy on homelessness National level Campaign to stop criminalisation Topical Call for EU action to address homelessness of mobile EU citizens …. LEARNING Promoting Housing First at local level Role Housing First Europe HUB Indentifying and promoting innovative/practical affordable housing solutions Role Housing Solutions Platform FUNDING Pipeline of projects for EIB/CEB

Future FEANTSA Radical change of membership ?! Space for local authorities …

Thank you for listening Contact @Freek.Spinnewijn Freek.Spinnewijn@feantsa.org www.feantsa.org