Homelessness - multiple faces, multiple responsibilities
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs,
Available online as PDF file [16p.] at: http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/09/14/05/83ea8069.pdf
The Sweden Government has presented a strategy to combat homelessness and exclusion from the housing market Homelessness - multiple faces, multiple responsibilities. The strategy covers 2007-2009. Its purpose is to establish a structure that clarifies that multiple actors at national, regional and also local level have a responsibility and a role to play in work to address homelessness and exclusion from the housing market. By specifying a clear direction for action, a broad approach and clear joint work, the strategy represents a higher level of ambition….”
“….Homelessness does not describe a person but the situation a person finds himself or herself in for a shorter or longer period of time. The concept is commonly
used to describe a person who is sleeping rough or has to use emergency accommodation or a hostel. The National Board of Health and Welfare uses a
wider definition that includes people who currently have somewhere to stay but whose housing situation is uncertain in various respects. One example is when a
person is in prison or has been admitted to a treatment unit or supported accommodation in the social services, a county council or some other care provider and does not have any accommodation arranged before being discharged.
The Board also counts people who are living involuntarily with relatives, friends or acquaintances or have temporary subletting contracts (less than three months at the time of measurement) and who have sought assistance or been in contact with the social services or some other organisation on account of this….”
The Government’s strategy contains four objectives for future work:
1) Everyone has to be guaranteed a roof over their head and be offered further coordinated action based on their individual needs.
2) The number of women and men who have been admitted to or registered at a prison or treatment unit or have supported
accommodation or are staying in care homes and do not have any accommodation arranged before being discharged has to decrease.
3) Entry into the ordinary housing market has to be facilitated for women and men who are in housing ladders, training flats or other
forms of accommodation provided by the social services or other actors.
4) The number of evictions has to decrease and no children are to be evicted
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