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ROOF Tops: Key Messages to the European Union from the ROOF Network

This document was co-created by all nine ROOF-cities to articulate through four key messages to the European Union (EU) and other key actors what cities need in the decade to come to end homelessness together with all stakeholders: a strategic Housing-approach grounded in the systematic collection and interpretation of data. Each key message consists of four more detailed submessages.

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ROOF Advocacy Trajectory: securing the foundations before building the ROOF that ends homelessness

By Philip Brown, URBACT Ad-hoc Expert for the ROOF network

ROOF Baseline Study

ROOF aims to end homelessness through innovative housing solutions at city level. It is about making the shift from managing homelessness to actually ending it through Housing First/Led and about gathering accurate data.

By Liat Rogel, Lead Expert for ROOF l This Baseline Study was created during the first 6 months of the project to allow a good understanding of the general issue, of each city specific context and the added value of the partnership.

Focus on Ghent (BE): open Dialogue as a guidance method for residents in Robust Housing

By Steven Vanden Broucke l 

Testing a new support method as part of an overall strategy to restructure the field of care and support: from fragmentation and service driven to an integrated and demand driven system of care and support. 

Greener Cities - Healthier Communities Conference and Workshop

We are delighted to invite you to the International Conference and Workshop: Greener Cities - Healthier Communities in Limerick City Hall on May 31, 2022 (in-person event), Ireland. The conference is being organized by the City of Limerick, the project partner of the URBACT Health & Greenspace Action Planning Network.