The impact of the global financial crisis on the extent and experience of homelessness was the broad theme of the 9th annual research conference of the European Observatory on Homelessness, held in Warsaw on the 19th of September 2014. A selection of the papers presented are included in this edition of the European Journal of Homelessness (EJH), and collectively they provide a sense of the challenges facing policy makers, service providers and most importantly the consequences for those experiencing homelessness and housing exclusion. This edition of the EJH also includes papers not presented at the conference following a recommendation from the International Advisory Committee that this edition of the journal should not be restricted to those papers addressing the theme of the annual conference.
Content
Articles
Changing Housing Systems and their Potential Impacts on Homelessness
Marja Elsinga
International Learning as a Driver of Innovation in Local-Level Policy-Making: Achievements and Challenges from Peer Review of Local Homelessness Policies
Liz Gosme and Isobel Anderson
Homelessness Among Immigrant Youth: Transitions Between Inclusion and Exclusion
Marja Katisko
The Costs of Flemish Homeless Care
Evelien Demaerschalk and Danny Lescrauwaet
Homelessness – Press, Policies and Public Opinion in Portugal
Teresa Caeiro and Alda Gonçalves
Measuring Homelessness and Housing Exclusion in Poland: The BIWM Data Collection Standard
Julia Wygnańska
Housing First Literature: Different Orientations and Political-Practical Arguments
Suvi Raitakari and Kirsi Juhila
Begging in Geneva in Times of Crisis: Multi-layered Representations of Beggars, Begging and Cohabitation in the Public Space
Annamaria Colombo Wiget, Caroline Reynaud and Giada de Coulon
Book Reviews
(In)justice On The Streets (Answers to Hungary’s Housing Crisis)
Éva Tessza Udvarhelyi