Contents

Editorial

Kate Amore, Michael Baker and Philippa Howden-Chapman
The ETHOS Definition and Classification of Homelessness: An Analysis

Sten-Åke Stenberg, Lia van Doorn and Susanne Gerull
Locked out in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Evictions Due to Rent Arrears in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden

Carlo Carminucci
Models of Social Action and Homeless Support Services Mapping
for some Major European Train Stations

Policy Review

Noémie Houard
The French Homelessness Strategy: Reforming Temporary Accommodation and Access to Housing to deliver ‘Housing First’: Continuum or Clean Break?

Dáithí Downey
Evidence into Action: How the Dublin Homeless Agency’s Data and Information Strategy have shaped Homeless Policy Development and Implementation in Ireland

Think Pieces

Nicholas Pleace
The Ambiguities, Limits and Risks of Housing First from a European Perspective

Pascal De Decker
Not for the Homeless? Housing Policy in Flanders: Between Selectivity and Legitimacy

Debates

Angel Mario Jordi Sánchez
From Capacity to Participation, from Discourse to Practice: A Spanish Perspective

Special Section on the European Consensus Conference on Homelessness

Ruth Owen
The European Consensus Conference on Homelessness: Process and Methodology

Suzanne Fitzpatrick
The European Consensus Conference on Homelessness – Reflections of a Pleasantly Surprised Sceptic

Marybeth Shinn and Andrew L. Greer
The European Consensus Conference on Homelessness – Kudos, and Some Cautions, to Europe

René Kneip
The European Consensus Conference: The View of a Participating Practitioner

Edo Paardekooper Overman
The European Consensus Conference on Homelessness: Potential of the Conference from a User’s Perspective

Benoît Linot and Marc Uhry
The European Consensus Conference on Homelessness: Comments on the Jury Propositions

Research Projects in Progress

Reviews

Paul Cloke, Jon May and Sarah Johnsen (2010)
Swept Up Lives? Re-envisioning the Homeless City

Sam Tsemberis (2010)
Housing First: The Pathways Model to End Homelessness for People with Mental Illness and Addiction Manual

Mary Ellen Hombs (2011)
Modern Homelessness