24 | Extended Session | Strengthening Housing First Practice: The Role of National Provider Networks in Advancing Evidence-Based Programs
Tracks
English
German
| Friday, November 7, 2025 |
| 9:15 - 11:15 |
| Saal 1 / Hall 1 |
Overview
*Presented in English - translation to German available
Details
Across Europe, national Housing First networks are playing a critical role in strengthening practice, ensuring fidelity, and shaping policy. This session highlights how networks foster peer learning, develop training infrastructure, and elevate evidence-based standards. Panelists will share innovations, lessons learned, and emerging models of collaboration that are improving quality and consistency across the continent.
Speaker
Muriel Allart
Directress
Smes
Panelist
Muriel Allart, a psychologist specialized in addictions, is leading a Housing First program in Brussels for 12 years. She is also a Housing First trainer. Her publications for frontline workers cover peer support, violence, death of a Housing First tenant, and the role of animals in support work.
Emine Oezkan
Director
Housing First Österreich - Wohnungslosigkeit Jetzt Beenden
Panelist
David Valouch
David Valouch
Platform for social housing
Panelist
David Valouch has more than 15 years in frontline work with drug users, experiences in transitional housing services, outreach services and drug abuse prevention programs. Since 2017 working in the field of Housing First and social housing in Prague and other cities in the Czech Republic. Certified trainer of Housing First from FEANTSA.
Julia Von Lindern
Managing Director
Bundesverband Housing First
Panelist
Samara Jones
Lead Coordinator
Housing First Europe Hub
Moderator
