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

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

3. 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 …

4. 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!

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. Thank you for listening
Contact
@Freek.Spinnewijn