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Services for Homeless People: Innovation and change in the European Union
Author(s): Bill Edgar, Joe Doherty, Amy Mina-Coull
Organization: European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless
Publication Date: 1999
The significant feature of homelessness in Europe over the past 25 years has been its persistence. Traditional policies have increasingly been found wanting in the light of the changed economic and demographic circumstances of the last quarter of the 20th century. A reappraisal of the nature of European homelessness by academics and practitioners demonstrates the need for the development of innovative policies and practices that take account of t...
Homeless Research in Europe
Author(s): Bill Edgar, Joe Doherty
Publication Date: 2011
Homelessness and Housing Exclusion in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Research and Policy The European Parliament recently passed a Written Declaration “calling for an ambitious EU homelessness strategy and support to Member States in their efforts towards ending homelessness” (FEANTSA, December 21, 2010). The Written Declaration comes on the heels of a consensus conference on homelessness held in Brussels, in which researchers from t...
Preventing Homelessness Among Substance Users in Europe
Author(s): Joe Doherty, Maria Stuttaford
Publication Date: 2007
Prior to the 1970s, neither homelessness nor drug addiction was seen as issues of major concern in Europe. At most, they were of local interest and of particular importance only in some larger metropolitan centres. Over the last three decades they have come much more into public prominence and risen up in local and national policy agendas. At the level of the European Union (EU), however, while the use and abuse of drugs has attracted substantial...
2002 Review of Statistics on Homelessness in Europe
Author(s): Bill Edgar, Joe Doherty, Henk Meert
Publication Date: 2002
This is the first (out of 3) report on homelessness statistics produced by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION. The purpose of this report is to identify the extent and nature of homelessness in the European Union using the most recent available sources of information in each member state. The ability to develop appropriate policies to tackle housing exclusion relies on good quality information collected in a consistent manner and monitored in a frequent tim...