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Understanding Homelessness and Housing Exclusion in the New European Context
FEANTSA's European Observatory on Homelessness - European Research Conference
Budapest, Friday 17 September 2010

Programme

Presentations

Plenary
Chair: Eoin O’Sullivan
Bill Edgar:
Transitional Homelessness – Homelessness in Transition in Eastern Europe
József Hegedüs:
Social Safety Net, Informal Economy and Housing Poverty - Experiences in Transitional Countries
Máté Szabó:
Human Dignity without Barriers - the Special Focused Project of the Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights about the Human Dignity of Homeless People

Seminar 1: Homeless Eastern Europeans Home and Away
Chair: Nóra Teller
Cãtãlin Berescu, Romania:
Communitary Homelessness? The New Roma Ghetto and its Conceptual Framework
Péter Gyõri & Boróka Fehér, Hungary:
Life on the Margins of the Housing Market
Peter Mackie, Paul Milbourne & John Pritchard, UK
The Housing Pathways of Central and East European Migrant Workers living in Wales

Seminar 2: New Challenges
Chair: Deborah Quilgars
Selma Muhic Dizdarevic & Joan Smith, Czech Republic / UK:
Comparing Young Homeless People in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and UK
Maša Filipoviè-Hrast, Slovenia:
Housing Exclusion of the Elderly in Slovenia
Lesley McMahon & Barbara Illsley, UK:
Pathways Into and Out of Homelessness - The Case of Problem Gambling
Lia van Doorn & Raymond Kloppenburg, The Netherlands:
New Types of Living Accommodations for (Formerly) Homeless and Other Vulnerable Renters - Experiments in Social Housing in The Netherlands 

Seminar 3: State-Civil Society Interactions
Chair: Joe Finnerty
Bálint Misetics, Hungary:
The Importance of the Exclusionary Discourse and Measures: The Example of Hungary
Stefan Schneider, Germany:
Squattings – Chance or Deadlock for Homeless and Homeless Migrants? Variant Experiences from Different European Countries
Olivier Legros & Tommaso Vitale, France / Italy:
To Welcome and/or to Reject? Criss-cross Views on Local Policies for « Roma Migrants » in France and Italy
Julia Wygnañska, Poland:
Resistence to Data Collection on Homelessness among Warsaw Service Providers – the Role of The Warsaw Council for the Homeless in Fostering Effective Solutions to Homelessness

Seminar 4:  Rough sleepers
Chair: Nicholas Pleace
Graham Bowpitt, Peter Dwyer, Eva Sundin & Mark Weinstein, UK:
Land of Opportunity? Comparing Street Homeless Experiences Between Polish Migrants and UK Citizens in Two British Cities
Magdalena Mostowska, Poland:
Using Services for the Homeless Abroad. Polish Rough Sleepers in Brussels and Oslo
Stefan Schneider, Germany:
Squattings – Chance or Deadlock for Homeless and Homeless Migrants? Variant Experiences from Different European Countries           

 Seminar 5: Data Collection
Chair: Lars Benjaminsen           
Kate Amore,  Michael Baker, Helen Viggers & Philippa Howden-Chapman:
New Zealand: Conceptualising and Counting Homelessness in New Zealand: is Comparability with Europe possible?
Marielle Beijersbergen, Jolanda Asmoredjo & Judith Wolf, The Netherlands:
The Psychometric Qualities of a Consumer Quality Index Assessing Clients’ Experiences with Services for Homeless People, Homeless Youth and Battered Women
Moniek Coumans, Hans Schmeets, Judith Wolf, Peter van der Heijden and Maarten Cruyff, The Netherlands:
Homeless in the Netherlands: A Population Size Estimation and Profile Description
Anne Deprez, Belgium:
Collection of Data on Homelessness in Wallonia. Principle Population Trends and Methodological Research Problems

Seminar 6: Changing Governance of Homeless Services
Chair: Isobel Anderson
Teresa Caldas de Almeida & Paula Domingos, Portugal:
A model for Health Intervention Regarding the National Strategy for Homeless People Integration   –      Health Care Pilot Project for Homeless People with Mental Illness
Olga Theodorikakou, Alexandra Alamanou & Kyriakos Katsadoros, Greece:
Facing the Challenge of Confronting Homelessness in a National Economic Crisis. A Pilot Prevention Policy Model
Maarten Davelaar & Jessica van den Toorn, The Netherlands:
Faith based Solidarity  Marginalised? Homelessness, Faith-Based Organizations and the National Action Plan for Social Relief in the Netherlands