Transcript Lysbilde 1 - Husbanken

“The Pathway to a Permanent Home”
Strategy for preventing and fighting homelessness
Gunnar Sveri
Homelessness in Norway
The world’s best housing standard
One of the world’s highest
standards of living
Homeless census
1996:
2003:
2005:
6,200
5,200
5.500
Ref. Norwegian Building Research Institute reports 216/1997 and 371/2004
Vision
Good, safe housing for all.
Housing for all
You shall have an offer of housing
even if you have poor finances
even if you do not want to receive treatment
even if you are not free from symptoms
even if you have a drug or alcohol dependency
Housing shall not be a reward
Housing is a human right
Development
2001–2004 Project Homeless
7 cities and 3 voluntary organisations
2005–2007 “The Pathway to a Permanent Home”
National strategy
“The Pathway to a Permanent Home”
5 ministries
The Norwegian State Housing Bank co-ordinates with SHdir [Norwegian
Directorate for Health and Social Affairs]
county governors participate
Joint state regulation
Forums
Contact committee with cities
Regional contact forums
Municipality networks for the exchange of experience and ideas
Local interdisciplinary co-operation
– Housing, health and social, enforcement officers, Norwegian Correctional
Services, health enterprises, voluntary organisations, UDI [Norwegian
Directorate of Immigration], etc.
General goals of the strategy
To help prevent people from becoming homeless
To contribute to good quality in overnight shelters
To help ensure homeless people rapid offers of
permanent housing
Performance targets 2005–2007
50% reduction in eviction petitions
30% reduction in the number of evictions
Permanent housing solutions upon release from
prison or treatment institution
Quality agreements for overnight shelters
Max. 3 months in temporary housing
The Housing Bank and the strategy
The Housing Bank shall coordinate “The Pathway to
a Permanent Home” with SHdir
Co-operation forums
Municipality networks
Regional contact forums
Contact committee for cities
Regional reference groups
Proactive function
The job is done in the municipalities
State bodies shall
Support the municipalities’ work and co-operate with
each other
Encourage the development of services
Assist in the exchange of experience
The municipality is the main player
Duties derived from the Norwegian Social Services Act
New players
The country’s enforcement officers
Those applying for evictions:
financial institutions
lessors
housing co-operatives
Health enterprises – psychiatry/treatment for drug and
alcohol abuse
Norwegian Correctional Services – prisons
Voluntary organisations
Regional contact forums
Participants
The Housing Bank – county governors – Norwegian Correctional
Services – enforcement offices – health enterprises – UDI
Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and
large municipalities
The Housing Bank is responsible for their organisation and
implementation
Assured progress and development
Regional seminars
Contact committee for cities
The project municipalities which participated in Project Homeless
Five ministries, SHdir(Norwegian Board of Health) and The Housing
Bank
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development [KRD]
organises and co-ordinates
To monitor development
To co-ordinate R&D work
To compile contributions from voluntary and user organisations
Contributions to regulatory amendments
Peer review
Exchange of experience
Municipality network
The Housing Bank directs regional networks
comprising 115 municipalities in total
Exchange of ideas and experience
Goal – To develop own practice
Partnerships
The government – KS
Agreement on measures to prevent and fight homelessness
Ministry of Justice – KS
Agreement on setting up house on release from prison
Norwegian Correctional Services – municipalities
Template agreement for social housing work
The agreements can be found at
www.husbanken.no/bostedslose
Results from “The Pathway to a
Permanent Home”
Evictions and eviction petitions fell between 2004
and 2005
2,500 households receive housing follow-up as part
of the strategy
105 municipalities run initiatives or projects within
the strategy
115 participate in municipality network
Rana municipality – The state’s initiative
award for the homeless
Prepared census and targets
Plan under preparation 2003
Attended experience conference
Utilised the experience of others
Set up a unified offer for the homeless
Follow-up adapted to the user group
Varied housing offer: own/rent
The Housing Bank’s means
Peer review
7–8 September 2006
Assessment of the strategy work
Transfer value
www.husbanken.no