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The significant feature of homelessness in Europe over the past 25 years has been its persistence.Traditional policies have increasingly been found wanting in the light of the changed economic and demographic circumstances of the last quarter of the 20th century.A reappraisal of the nature of European homelessness by academics and practitioners demonstrates the need for the development of innovatory policies and practice that take account of these changed circumstances and explicitly address the current needs of Europe's homeless people. This highly topical report provides a synthesis of reported developments in innovative service provision for homeless people in the member countries of the European Union.Setting their arguments within a context of changing welfare provision and welfare/housing regimes, the authors reappraise the nature of homelessness and its causes, chart the main dimensions of the composition of homeless populations and of policy instruments and examine in detail the nature and diversity of emerging innovative practices in the provision of services to the homeless of Europe.Select examples of innovative services for homeless people are provided in the comprehensive Appendix to the report. The report draws on the 1998 national reports of the 15 correspondents of the European Observatory on Homelessness who conduct research on behalf of FEANTSA (the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless).It provides a genuinely comprehensive coverage of EU member states and should stimulate debate regarding housing policy issues across Europe and encourage transnational cooperation between non-governmental organisations as well as act as a stimulus for further research. In bringing together a wealth of material on policy and practice throughout Europe the report adds considerably to our knowledge of the dynamics of European homelessness and housing policy.Services for homeless people is therefore important reading for academics across Europe, practitioners in non-governmental organisations dealing with the homeless, housing agencies and government departments, and students of comparative housing studies. The research of the European Observatory on Homelessness is supported financially by DG V of the European Commission.

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... a very well written and accessible report, which manages to achieve both scholarly rigour in its conceptual framework ... and a high degree of practical application in its later chapters.... It should ... be required reading for anyone seeking to develop new approaches to meeting the needs of homeless people in Europe and beyond. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

The authors have produced a thorough synthesis of the available material, containing a wealth of information on policy and practice throughout Europe ... This volume makes a significant contribution to the comparative analysis of homelessness. Urban Studies The report makes for interesting reading, reminding us of the extent of homelessness across the European Union, an awareness easily lost when considering UK-based problems. Recent publications which provide an overview of the homelessness literature (Fitzpatrick et al., 2000; Klinker et al.,2000) are timely and remind us of the thousands of unfulfilled recommendations washing around the system. Services for homeless people provides an accessible quide to current and emerging provision in the European Union. Housing Studies. ... a very well written and accessible report, which manages to achieve both scholarly rigour in its conceptual framework ... and a high degree of practical application in its later chapters... It should ... be required reading for anyone seeking to develop new approaches to meeting the needs of homeless people in Europe and beyond. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment ... a very well written and accessible report ... required reading for anyone seeking to develop new approaches to meeting the needs of homeless people in Europe and beyond. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

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"""The report makes for interesting reading, reminding us of the extent of homelessness across the European Union, an awareness easily lost when considering UK-based problems. Recent publications which provide an overview of the homelessness literature (Fitzpatrick et al., 2000; Klinker et al.,2000) are timely and remind us of the thousands of unfulfilled recommendations washing around the system. Services for homeless people provides an accessible quide to current and emerging provision in the European Union."" Housing Studies. ""The authors have produced a thorough synthesis of the available material, containing a wealth of information on policy and practice throughout Europe ... This volume makes a significant contribution to the comparative analysis of homelessness."" Urban Studies ""... a very well written and accessible report, which manages to achieve both scholarly rigour in its conceptual framework ... and a high degree of practical application in its later chapters.... It should ... be required reading for anyone seeking to develop new approaches to meeting the needs of homeless people in Europe and beyond."" Journal of Housing and the Built Environment ""... a very well written and accessible report ... required reading for anyone seeking to develop new approaches to meeting the needs of homeless people in Europe and beyond."" Journal of Housing and the Built Environment"

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Robert Sykes, School of Social Science and Law, Sheffield Hallam University, Catherine Bochel, Department of Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Lincoln and Nick Ellison, The School of Sociology and Social Policy, The University of Leeds

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