The ROOF Call for Artists project - how did we do it?
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The fields of arts/creativity and homelessness don’t immediately seem to fit together – one is about celebration, joy, expression; the other about...
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Focus on Glasgow (UK): Report of a peer visit
By Euan McGlynn After two years of online video calls and back and forth emailing in the wake of the pandemic, Glasgow welcomed representatives from...
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Focus on Toulouse Métropole (FR): Who are the homeless in our city? How many are they?
Friday night, 21 st January 2022. The coldest night of the week. Well equipped with several warm layers of clothes, socks, gloves, scarf and cap, I...
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Focus on Poznan (PL): Our respons to the housing needs of the underprivileged
In Poznan, the department in charge of the realization of housing policy pursued by the Mayor and City Council is the Office of Housing Affairs. The...
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ROOF Bootcamp in Braga (PT)
The Municipality of Braga held on 7 and 8 February, the Bootcamp Roof - Integrated Action Plan Design Experience, at the Hotel Axis Ponte de Lima...
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Focus on Thessaloniki (GR): testing the Housing First methodology on a small scale
Just last month, a homeless man, Kostas Pavlidis, known to most Salonicans strolling in the city center died on the streets in the center of the city...
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Focus on Timisoara (RO) - How knowledge can contribute to fighting homelessness
Timisoara decided to join the ROOF network because, like in many other European cities, homelessness is more and more present and we wanted to learn...
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Midterm article - ROOF cities ending homelessness from different starting points: how to adopt and adapt known solutions?
The URBACT ROOF cities, all working towards ending homelessness with housing led/first solutions, all had very different starting points. They are...
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Focus on Braga (PT) - The house that gives back the hope for a better life
In the scope of Braga's Integrated Action Plan, Braga Municipality is developing the House of Skills, a project that aims to create an innovative...
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How to succeed by daring to fail - URBACT ROOF cities testing context specific actions to end homelessness
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ROOF Winter School Report
From the 3rd till the 5th of March 2021 the URBACT ROOF team brought together guests from across Europe to participate in our first ever Winter...