FEANTSA
@feantsa.bsky.social
FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with #homeless people, is a coalition committed to fighting #homelessness in Europe
⌛One week left to apply ⌛
Applications for @epochpractice.bsky.social's next training on Peer Work, happening in Vienna on the 24th and 25th of November will close in one week. Make sure to apply to get a chance to participate, learn and exchange.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/45fMQH4
🗓️ Deadline 22 August 2025
Applications for @epochpractice.bsky.social's next training on Peer Work, happening in Vienna on the 24th and 25th of November will close in one week. Make sure to apply to get a chance to participate, learn and exchange.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/45fMQH4
🗓️ Deadline 22 August 2025
August 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
⌛One week left to apply ⌛
Applications for @epochpractice.bsky.social's next training on Peer Work, happening in Vienna on the 24th and 25th of November will close in one week. Make sure to apply to get a chance to participate, learn and exchange.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/45fMQH4
🗓️ Deadline 22 August 2025
Applications for @epochpractice.bsky.social's next training on Peer Work, happening in Vienna on the 24th and 25th of November will close in one week. Make sure to apply to get a chance to participate, learn and exchange.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/45fMQH4
🗓️ Deadline 22 August 2025
🚨 Job alert!
FEANTSA is hiring a Health Policy Assistant to support advocacy & research on health inequalities and #homelessness.
Apply before 10 September!
🔗 www.feantsa.org/en/about-us/...
FEANTSA is hiring a Health Policy Assistant to support advocacy & research on health inequalities and #homelessness.
Apply before 10 September!
🔗 www.feantsa.org/en/about-us/...
July 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨 Job alert!
FEANTSA is hiring a Health Policy Assistant to support advocacy & research on health inequalities and #homelessness.
Apply before 10 September!
🔗 www.feantsa.org/en/about-us/...
FEANTSA is hiring a Health Policy Assistant to support advocacy & research on health inequalities and #homelessness.
Apply before 10 September!
🔗 www.feantsa.org/en/about-us/...
📢 New Magazine Issue: Migration and Asylum
The latest Homeless in Europe magazine returns to migration and homelessness — not because it’s new, but because it persists.
🔗Read: bit.ly/44LnJvE
The latest Homeless in Europe magazine returns to migration and homelessness — not because it’s new, but because it persists.
🔗Read: bit.ly/44LnJvE
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
📢 New Magazine Issue: Migration and Asylum
The latest Homeless in Europe magazine returns to migration and homelessness — not because it’s new, but because it persists.
🔗Read: bit.ly/44LnJvE
The latest Homeless in Europe magazine returns to migration and homelessness — not because it’s new, but because it persists.
🔗Read: bit.ly/44LnJvE
🌡️ Monday marked the first official week of summer, and with rising temperatures come rising risks.
Our new FEANTSA brief looks at how heatwaves impact people experiencing homelessness and shares key recommendations and inspiring practices from across Europe.
Read the brief here: bit.ly/44ir8QP
Our new FEANTSA brief looks at how heatwaves impact people experiencing homelessness and shares key recommendations and inspiring practices from across Europe.
Read the brief here: bit.ly/44ir8QP
June 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🌡️ Monday marked the first official week of summer, and with rising temperatures come rising risks.
Our new FEANTSA brief looks at how heatwaves impact people experiencing homelessness and shares key recommendations and inspiring practices from across Europe.
Read the brief here: bit.ly/44ir8QP
Our new FEANTSA brief looks at how heatwaves impact people experiencing homelessness and shares key recommendations and inspiring practices from across Europe.
Read the brief here: bit.ly/44ir8QP
🟡 New FEANTSA Women webinar!
Join us on 8 July for a conversation with ANEW's Marian Barnard & Caroline Snowe on #homelessness, pregnancy, and maternal health.
ANEW offers trauma-informed support for mothers and infants, promoting safety, stability, and long-term well-being.
🔗 bit.ly/4eoRiX2
Join us on 8 July for a conversation with ANEW's Marian Barnard & Caroline Snowe on #homelessness, pregnancy, and maternal health.
ANEW offers trauma-informed support for mothers and infants, promoting safety, stability, and long-term well-being.
🔗 bit.ly/4eoRiX2
June 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🟡 New FEANTSA Women webinar!
Join us on 8 July for a conversation with ANEW's Marian Barnard & Caroline Snowe on #homelessness, pregnancy, and maternal health.
ANEW offers trauma-informed support for mothers and infants, promoting safety, stability, and long-term well-being.
🔗 bit.ly/4eoRiX2
Join us on 8 July for a conversation with ANEW's Marian Barnard & Caroline Snowe on #homelessness, pregnancy, and maternal health.
ANEW offers trauma-informed support for mothers and infants, promoting safety, stability, and long-term well-being.
🔗 bit.ly/4eoRiX2
⌛ The launch of our report "Supporting Those Who Support: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Staff Wellbeing in #Homelessness Services" starts in one hour!
💻 Join the webinar on Zoom: lnkd.in/dPNuC59c
🗒️ Download the report: lnkd.in/dvgcYM5Z
💻 Join the webinar on Zoom: lnkd.in/dPNuC59c
🗒️ Download the report: lnkd.in/dvgcYM5Z
June 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
⌛ The launch of our report "Supporting Those Who Support: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Staff Wellbeing in #Homelessness Services" starts in one hour!
💻 Join the webinar on Zoom: lnkd.in/dPNuC59c
🗒️ Download the report: lnkd.in/dvgcYM5Z
💻 Join the webinar on Zoom: lnkd.in/dPNuC59c
🗒️ Download the report: lnkd.in/dvgcYM5Z
🔴 Registrations are open!
Join us in Utrecht for Europe's leading research conference on #homelessness, co-organised by FEANTSA's European Observatory on Homelessness and the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
📆 18 & 19 September
❗ Registrations close on 15 August
🖇️ bit.ly/4i3XDaL
Join us in Utrecht for Europe's leading research conference on #homelessness, co-organised by FEANTSA's European Observatory on Homelessness and the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
📆 18 & 19 September
❗ Registrations close on 15 August
🖇️ bit.ly/4i3XDaL
June 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🔴 Registrations are open!
Join us in Utrecht for Europe's leading research conference on #homelessness, co-organised by FEANTSA's European Observatory on Homelessness and the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
📆 18 & 19 September
❗ Registrations close on 15 August
🖇️ bit.ly/4i3XDaL
Join us in Utrecht for Europe's leading research conference on #homelessness, co-organised by FEANTSA's European Observatory on Homelessness and the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
📆 18 & 19 September
❗ Registrations close on 15 August
🖇️ bit.ly/4i3XDaL
FEANTSA is at the #EUSEW today, for a session on social inclusion in the green transition.
💡 We asked the audience which measures should be prioritised in the National Social Climate Plans ( NSCPs) and National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs).
The top answer? Direct direct income support!
💡 We asked the audience which measures should be prioritised in the National Social Climate Plans ( NSCPs) and National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs).
The top answer? Direct direct income support!
June 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
FEANTSA is at the #EUSEW today, for a session on social inclusion in the green transition.
💡 We asked the audience which measures should be prioritised in the National Social Climate Plans ( NSCPs) and National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs).
The top answer? Direct direct income support!
💡 We asked the audience which measures should be prioritised in the National Social Climate Plans ( NSCPs) and National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs).
The top answer? Direct direct income support!
🚨 Applications are open for the next FEANTSA Youth Study Session, supported by the Council of Europe!
This year’s focus is on developing intercultural competencies within #homeless service providers to better support increasingly diverse youth populations.
📝 Info & how to apply: bit.ly/4dt8VUW
This year’s focus is on developing intercultural competencies within #homeless service providers to better support increasingly diverse youth populations.
📝 Info & how to apply: bit.ly/4dt8VUW
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨 Applications are open for the next FEANTSA Youth Study Session, supported by the Council of Europe!
This year’s focus is on developing intercultural competencies within #homeless service providers to better support increasingly diverse youth populations.
📝 Info & how to apply: bit.ly/4dt8VUW
This year’s focus is on developing intercultural competencies within #homeless service providers to better support increasingly diverse youth populations.
📝 Info & how to apply: bit.ly/4dt8VUW
Trans people are disproportionately affected by #homelessness. How can homelessness services better support them ❓
⌛ In one week, we’ll be hosting a webinar focused on supporting trans women in homelessness services.
🗓️ 11 June, 10:00 AM
📝 Register here: lnkd.in/dKjeZR6f
⌛ In one week, we’ll be hosting a webinar focused on supporting trans women in homelessness services.
🗓️ 11 June, 10:00 AM
📝 Register here: lnkd.in/dKjeZR6f
June 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Trans people are disproportionately affected by #homelessness. How can homelessness services better support them ❓
⌛ In one week, we’ll be hosting a webinar focused on supporting trans women in homelessness services.
🗓️ 11 June, 10:00 AM
📝 Register here: lnkd.in/dKjeZR6f
⌛ In one week, we’ll be hosting a webinar focused on supporting trans women in homelessness services.
🗓️ 11 June, 10:00 AM
📝 Register here: lnkd.in/dKjeZR6f
Our event "Intersections of Migration and Homelessness in Europe" is fully booked in person, but you can still join us online❗
📅 Thursday, 5 June, 14:30 - 17:00
Co-organised with MEPs @saskiabricmont.bsky.social (Greens) & Cecilia Strada (S&D).
🔗 saskiabricmont.typeform.com/to/gPEa5qbw
📅 Thursday, 5 June, 14:30 - 17:00
Co-organised with MEPs @saskiabricmont.bsky.social (Greens) & Cecilia Strada (S&D).
🔗 saskiabricmont.typeform.com/to/gPEa5qbw
June 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Our event "Intersections of Migration and Homelessness in Europe" is fully booked in person, but you can still join us online❗
📅 Thursday, 5 June, 14:30 - 17:00
Co-organised with MEPs @saskiabricmont.bsky.social (Greens) & Cecilia Strada (S&D).
🔗 saskiabricmont.typeform.com/to/gPEa5qbw
📅 Thursday, 5 June, 14:30 - 17:00
Co-organised with MEPs @saskiabricmont.bsky.social (Greens) & Cecilia Strada (S&D).
🔗 saskiabricmont.typeform.com/to/gPEa5qbw
1️⃣2️⃣ Attach social conditions to public funding 🏘️📜
Public money shouldn’t fund displacement or poor-quality work.
📌 Prioritize nonprofit, public & cooperative housing, and tie funding to tenant protections and long-term affordability.
Public money shouldn’t fund displacement or poor-quality work.
📌 Prioritize nonprofit, public & cooperative housing, and tie funding to tenant protections and long-term affordability.
June 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
1️⃣2️⃣ Attach social conditions to public funding 🏘️📜
Public money shouldn’t fund displacement or poor-quality work.
📌 Prioritize nonprofit, public & cooperative housing, and tie funding to tenant protections and long-term affordability.
Public money shouldn’t fund displacement or poor-quality work.
📌 Prioritize nonprofit, public & cooperative housing, and tie funding to tenant protections and long-term affordability.
1️⃣1️⃣ Ringfence funding where it’s needed most 🎯💰
EU laws mention vulnerable groups — but money doesn’t always reach them.
📌 Enforce clear quotas in EU funds, inspired by NY’s investment mandate.
EU laws mention vulnerable groups — but money doesn’t always reach them.
📌 Enforce clear quotas in EU funds, inspired by NY’s investment mandate.
June 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
1️⃣1️⃣ Ringfence funding where it’s needed most 🎯💰
EU laws mention vulnerable groups — but money doesn’t always reach them.
📌 Enforce clear quotas in EU funds, inspired by NY’s investment mandate.
EU laws mention vulnerable groups — but money doesn’t always reach them.
📌 Enforce clear quotas in EU funds, inspired by NY’s investment mandate.
🔟 Include affected communities in policymaking 🗣️🤝
Consultations often miss vulnerable voices.
📌 Create binding standards for inclusive consultation and permanent structures to monitor equity in implementation.
Consultations often miss vulnerable voices.
📌 Create binding standards for inclusive consultation and permanent structures to monitor equity in implementation.
June 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🔟 Include affected communities in policymaking 🗣️🤝
Consultations often miss vulnerable voices.
📌 Create binding standards for inclusive consultation and permanent structures to monitor equity in implementation.
Consultations often miss vulnerable voices.
📌 Create binding standards for inclusive consultation and permanent structures to monitor equity in implementation.
9️⃣ Train and employ workers left behind 👷🏽♀️📚
Green jobs often focus on those already employed.
📌 EU skills and employment programs must support the long-term unemployed and reduce regional inequalities
Green jobs often focus on those already employed.
📌 EU skills and employment programs must support the long-term unemployed and reduce regional inequalities
June 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
9️⃣ Train and employ workers left behind 👷🏽♀️📚
Green jobs often focus on those already employed.
📌 EU skills and employment programs must support the long-term unemployed and reduce regional inequalities
Green jobs often focus on those already employed.
📌 EU skills and employment programs must support the long-term unemployed and reduce regional inequalities
8️⃣ Protect consumers in energy communities 🧾🛡️
Low-income participants need clear protections: savings, no hidden costs, and support.
📌 Strengthen consumer rights and fund CSOs to advocate for vulnerable households.
Low-income participants need clear protections: savings, no hidden costs, and support.
📌 Strengthen consumer rights and fund CSOs to advocate for vulnerable households.
June 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
8️⃣ Protect consumers in energy communities 🧾🛡️
Low-income participants need clear protections: savings, no hidden costs, and support.
📌 Strengthen consumer rights and fund CSOs to advocate for vulnerable households.
Low-income participants need clear protections: savings, no hidden costs, and support.
📌 Strengthen consumer rights and fund CSOs to advocate for vulnerable households.
7️⃣ Share the benefits of energy communities 🌱💡
Without binding targets, energy communities risk bypassing those who need them most.
📌 Set minimum benefit thresholds and equity requirements to prioritise vulnerable areas.
Without binding targets, energy communities risk bypassing those who need them most.
📌 Set minimum benefit thresholds and equity requirements to prioritise vulnerable areas.
June 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
7️⃣ Share the benefits of energy communities 🌱💡
Without binding targets, energy communities risk bypassing those who need them most.
📌 Set minimum benefit thresholds and equity requirements to prioritise vulnerable areas.
Without binding targets, energy communities risk bypassing those who need them most.
📌 Set minimum benefit thresholds and equity requirements to prioritise vulnerable areas.
6️⃣ Stop displacement during renovation 🚫🏚️
Protections that start after works are finished are too late.
📌 EU must ensure full displacement prevention strategies across the entire renovation process.
Protections that start after works are finished are too late.
📌 EU must ensure full displacement prevention strategies across the entire renovation process.
June 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
6️⃣ Stop displacement during renovation 🚫🏚️
Protections that start after works are finished are too late.
📌 EU must ensure full displacement prevention strategies across the entire renovation process.
Protections that start after works are finished are too late.
📌 EU must ensure full displacement prevention strategies across the entire renovation process.
5️⃣ Reach those left out 📣🤲
Strict eligibility rules and limited outreach keep many vulnerable people from accessing support.
📌 Require diversified outreach and flexible eligibility, with help from local and community groups.
Strict eligibility rules and limited outreach keep many vulnerable people from accessing support.
📌 Require diversified outreach and flexible eligibility, with help from local and community groups.
June 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
5️⃣ Reach those left out 📣🤲
Strict eligibility rules and limited outreach keep many vulnerable people from accessing support.
📌 Require diversified outreach and flexible eligibility, with help from local and community groups.
Strict eligibility rules and limited outreach keep many vulnerable people from accessing support.
📌 Require diversified outreach and flexible eligibility, with help from local and community groups.
4️⃣ Remove financial barriers 💶❌
Upfront costs and co-financing exclude low-income households from renovations.
📌 Provide 100% grant-based support and allow direct payments to contractors
Upfront costs and co-financing exclude low-income households from renovations.
📌 Provide 100% grant-based support and allow direct payments to contractors
June 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
4️⃣ Remove financial barriers 💶❌
Upfront costs and co-financing exclude low-income households from renovations.
📌 Provide 100% grant-based support and allow direct payments to contractors
Upfront costs and co-financing exclude low-income households from renovations.
📌 Provide 100% grant-based support and allow direct payments to contractors
3️⃣ Use district heating to include more people 🔥🏘️
District heating and cooling are key when individual solutions don’t work.
📌 EU strategies should include mandatory targets for low-income households and polluted areas.
District heating and cooling are key when individual solutions don’t work.
📌 EU strategies should include mandatory targets for low-income households and polluted areas.
June 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
3️⃣ Use district heating to include more people 🔥🏘️
District heating and cooling are key when individual solutions don’t work.
📌 EU strategies should include mandatory targets for low-income households and polluted areas.
District heating and cooling are key when individual solutions don’t work.
📌 EU strategies should include mandatory targets for low-income households and polluted areas.
2️⃣ Avoid unfair energy costs ⚡📉
Electrifying homes without equity safeguards can increase bills for vulnerable households.
📌 All grid and electrification investments should include equity assessments to prevent this.
Electrifying homes without equity safeguards can increase bills for vulnerable households.
📌 All grid and electrification investments should include equity assessments to prevent this.
June 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
2️⃣ Avoid unfair energy costs ⚡📉
Electrifying homes without equity safeguards can increase bills for vulnerable households.
📌 All grid and electrification investments should include equity assessments to prevent this.
Electrifying homes without equity safeguards can increase bills for vulnerable households.
📌 All grid and electrification investments should include equity assessments to prevent this.
1️⃣ Start with repairs 🔧
Low-income households often need basic repairs before energy upgrades are even possible.
📌 Set binding targets to make vulnerable homes safe & electrification-ready.
Low-income households often need basic repairs before energy upgrades are even possible.
📌 Set binding targets to make vulnerable homes safe & electrification-ready.
June 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
1️⃣ Start with repairs 🔧
Low-income households often need basic repairs before energy upgrades are even possible.
📌 Set binding targets to make vulnerable homes safe & electrification-ready.
Low-income households often need basic repairs before energy upgrades are even possible.
📌 Set binding targets to make vulnerable homes safe & electrification-ready.
As #MFF consultations unfold, the EU can take inspiration from New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
It mandates that ≥35% (aim: 40%) of climate funding benefits disadvantaged communities.
📄 Full Brief: bit.ly/4kjZpWJ
⬇️ Lessons below:
It mandates that ≥35% (aim: 40%) of climate funding benefits disadvantaged communities.
📄 Full Brief: bit.ly/4kjZpWJ
⬇️ Lessons below:
June 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
As #MFF consultations unfold, the EU can take inspiration from New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
It mandates that ≥35% (aim: 40%) of climate funding benefits disadvantaged communities.
📄 Full Brief: bit.ly/4kjZpWJ
⬇️ Lessons below:
It mandates that ≥35% (aim: 40%) of climate funding benefits disadvantaged communities.
📄 Full Brief: bit.ly/4kjZpWJ
⬇️ Lessons below:
🧠This #MentalHealthWeek, MEP András Kulja & MEP Zoltán Tarr will host the 2025 Mental Health Summit
FEANTSA's Dalma Fabian joins the panel on 19 May: "A gendered, trauma-informed approach to ending homelessness”
📍 EU parliament & Online
🔗Register: bit.ly/4k87cab
FEANTSA's Dalma Fabian joins the panel on 19 May: "A gendered, trauma-informed approach to ending homelessness”
📍 EU parliament & Online
🔗Register: bit.ly/4k87cab
May 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🧠This #MentalHealthWeek, MEP András Kulja & MEP Zoltán Tarr will host the 2025 Mental Health Summit
FEANTSA's Dalma Fabian joins the panel on 19 May: "A gendered, trauma-informed approach to ending homelessness”
📍 EU parliament & Online
🔗Register: bit.ly/4k87cab
FEANTSA's Dalma Fabian joins the panel on 19 May: "A gendered, trauma-informed approach to ending homelessness”
📍 EU parliament & Online
🔗Register: bit.ly/4k87cab