Housing first and homelessness: ‘one size fits all’ approaches will not work

At the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 13 January, Claire expressed her concerns at the parliament’s approach to homelessness, despite seeing merit to the ‘housing first’ approach. She argued that this ‘one size fits all’ approach neglected many of the root causes of sleeping rough. Claire mentioned Eurozone austerity as a factor that has exacerbated the problem along with freedom of movement, noting that continental Europeans account for one third of London’s homeless.