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Homelessness and housing exclusion in stockholm

Homelessness and housing exclusion in stockholm. Maria Andersson and Christina Grönberg , Social Welfare-and Labour Market Administration. City of Stockholm. Network of Local Authority Observatories on Active Inclusion (NLAO).

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Homelessness and housing exclusion in stockholm

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  1. Homelessness and housing exclusion in stockholm Maria Andersson and Christina Grönberg, Social Welfare-and Labour Market Administration. City of Stockholm

  2. Network of Local Authority Observatories on Active Inclusion (NLAO) • Decentralised & comparativeresearchbylocalauthority on localactiveinclusionpolicies • Socialservices: housing & employment • Outcomes: studiesandpolicyrecommendations, promotingdialoguebetweenlevelsofgovernmentandwithstakeholders • Duration: March 2009 – August 2010 • Financial supportthrough PROGRESS

  3. Results from the European Housing report • Main findings • Cities’ current challenges: availability of affordable housing, social segregation, changing profile of users • Common principles already implemented (SE, NL, UK); major shift through social service reforms in CZ, IT • Challenges in the implementation exist, e.g. user involvement, coordination • recommendations on each principle • General conclusions • Active Inclusion strategy needs more target groups e.g. undocumented migrants, ‘working poor’, NEET • Common principles to be operationalised in the local context together with stakeholders • Crucial role of local level in successful governance of social services to be highlighted more

  4. Swedish context • No social housing, but public housing • Municipal self government, high level of independence • Municipal housing companies

  5. Trends in Stockholm • Diversification of providers • Roof-over the head guarantee • Housing ladder and focus on homelessness as social problem • Increasing focus on the importance of stable and secure housing for re-inclusion (change in attitudes connection between housing and addiction)

  6. Stockholm report • Main findings • Stockholm’s current challenges: availability of affordable housing, social segregation • Common principles are implemented to a high degree, but on the local level there can be big differences due to the municipal self government (also between districts in the city) • Difficulties to enter and re-enter the housing market due to immobile market. • Recommendations from the report • Improvement is needed regarding user involvement in policy making. • Monitor development of the social situation among households in the remaining public housing and compare with the development of other forms of housing.

  7. Stockholm right now • Community development • Community based integrated services (eg. housing and labourmarket activities) • Housing first

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