Short films about homelessness available online

28.11.2011 Short films about homelessness available online

Two short documentaries about homelessness, made for the project "Name on the door", are available with English subtitles.

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University visited the Finnish national seminar on homelessness, held in Tampere on 18th October 2011.

30.08.2011 Programme Leader Kaakinen: "it is time to end homelessness"

The Programme Leader of the National Programme to Reduce Long-term Homelessness in Finland, Juha Kaakinen outlines the programme backround and results and the housing first principle in an interview published in the webpage of the Social Innovation Europe.

Some important observations and conclusions from the first year of the Finnish Name on the door project have now been published. These observations are to work as recommendations for the long-term homelessness reduction programme for years 2012-2015.

18.08.2011 Housing first approach outlined first time in the European level

A European level housing first evaluation and mutual exchange project outlines the housing first approach in European welfare contexts during the years 2011-2013. Read more about the project on housingfirst.fi.