Projects and funding

Projects

HABITACT supports the creation of European projects on homelessness. These projects can involve local authorities only or can also develop partnerships between local authorities and other relevant stakeholders (NGOs, people experiencing homelessness, research bodies, EU institutions, national regional authorities, and others). We support the development of different types of projects including:

• transnational exchange (e.g. under the URBACT programme)

• research (e.g. under the Seventh Framework Programme)

• social experimentation (e.g. under the PROGRESS programme)

• staff exchanges (e.g. under the Lifelong Learning Programme) and more.

Funding monitor

In order to support the development of European projects, HABITACT also looks for EU funding by monitoring various EU funding programmes. See more in the Members’ area.

Projects

Housing First Europe

The latest project set up with the cooperation/participation of HABITACT cities is "Housing First Europe" (HFE), led by Servicestyrelsen (the Danish National Board of Social Services) and the German research institute GISS, with the cooperation of FEANTSA. The project application, which was submitted in August 2010, has been accepted for funding under the European Commission's PROGRESS programme. HFE is testing and evaluating Housing First projects in five cities from a European perspective, leading to greater clarity on the potential and limits of the approach, as well as the essential elements of the approach. The kick-off meeting was held in Copenhagen on 6-7 October 2011. For more information, please contact info@habitact.eu or consult the Housing First Europe website: www.housingfirsteurope.eu