Useful Materials

22 August, 2019 | Useful materials

The european end street homelessness campaign (2015-2018)

The numbers of people living on the streets of Europe’s major cities have increased significantly. Only in Norway and Finland has street homelessness reduced, or even ended. Through the European End Street Homelessness Campaign, World Habitat is working with an increasing number of European cities to end street homelessness by helping them adopt new ideas […]

10 July, 2019 | Useful materials

Fourth overview of housing exclusion in Europe (2019)

Since 2015, FEANTSA and the Fondation Abbé Pierre have released a yearly Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe. These annual reports look at the latest Eurostat data (EU-SILC) and assess EU countries’ capacity to adequately house their populations. The 2020 deadline is approaching for the European Union’s cohesion policy, yet it’s objective – the fight […]

9 July, 2019 | Reports

A Home of Your Own

The Y-Foundation, one of the key national developers of the Housing First principle in Finland, has published a handbook A Home of Your Own – Housing First and ending Homelessness in Finland to describe in detail why Finland has become the only EU country where homelessness is on the decline. It also gives voice to […]

29 August, 2018 | Useful materials

What’s the use of counts and censuses?

How many people sleep on the street in Catalonia? Why is it important to know? And how can we know? What needs do people on the street have? At Arrels, we are committed to making periodic counts and talking to people who sleep on the street to learn more about their situation. With this information […]

27 November, 2017 | Useful materials

Homeless Commons, images that change perceptions

The image says a lot about people but what is really behind it? People who have lived in the street are the protagonists of these images that challenge prejudices to make our mission possible: #nobodysleepingonthestreet. Duration: 02:02 Year: 2017 Actors: Paco, Valerio, Salvador, Martí and Manel Music: Luz De Sol de Christopher Slaski (PRS) Go […]

4 April, 2017 | Useful materials

Flat Zero innovation

The Zero Flat is a low demand resource with capacity for 10 people located in the Raval district of Barcelona. The objective is to offer night-time accommodation to people known to Arrels who have long lived in the street and who do not adapt to any other resource Duration: 02.10 Year: 2017 Created by Taula […]