On October 20, HOGAR SÍ and Provivienda, together with the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, host the international meeting "Housing First as a solution to homelessness in Spain".

It is currently estimated that there are between 30,000 and 40,000 people in Spain who are homeless and that 12.6% of the population has had their right to housing violated at some point in their lives. However, Goal 11 of the SDGs urges societies to ensure access for all people to adequate, safe and affordable housing, basic services and to improve slums by 2030.

Housing First is a social intervention methodology that breaks with the traditional staircase model of care. Instead, it provides people experiencing homelessness with individual, stable and independent housing along with the accompaniment needed to stay in it and advance in an independent life.

This meeting will present the first evaluation on Housing First made in Spain, one of the most complete at the European level. Fresno consultancy, together with the Complutense University of Madrid, developed the evaluation, and it has demonstrated that, in our country, HF is an efficient and effective solution to eradicate the problem of homelessness.

9.00 am. Registration and accreditations

9:30 am. Welcome by José Manuel Caballol, CEO of HOGAR SÍ (Spain)

9:40 am. Opening dialogue

• Juha Kaakinen, CEO of Y-Foundation (Findland)
• Freek Spinnewijn, Director of FEANTSA (Belgium) 

Moderator: Patricia Bezunartea, Family Diversity and Social Services Director General of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda Ministry (Spain)

10:20 am. Colloquium: “Housing: the answer for homelessness”

• Ignacio Álvarez, Social Rights Secretary of State of the Rights Social and 2030 Agenda Ministry (Spain)
• David Lucas, Urban Agenda and Housing Secretary General of the Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda Ministry (Spain) 

Moderator: Maribel Ramos, Deputy Director of  HOGAR SÍ (Spain)

10:50 am Colloquium: "Key results of the Habitat Housing First Assessment"

• Video presentation  from Tim Aubry, Full Professor in the School of Psychology and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services at the University of Ottawa (Canada) 
• Sonia Panadero , Full Professor in the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Clinical Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
• Juan Martín, Full Professor in the Department  of  Applied  and  Public  Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid(Spain)
• Andrés Alarcón, Ex participant of Habitage Programme in Palma de Mallorca (Spain)

Moderator: Leticia Henar, researcher from Fresno, 'the right link' (Spain)

11:25 am. Colloquium: "Housing and Social Services Role in Housing First methodology"

• Fermín Bravo, Housing General Director of the Asturias Goverment (Spain)
• Manuel Hennin, Chef de projet hébergement logement - Dihal (Interministerial Delegation of Housing) (France)
• Laura Castaños, General Director of the General Directorate of Madrid City Council Social Inclusion (Spain)
• Geert De Bolle from the Housing First Belgium Lab (Belgium) 

Moderator: Arturo Coego,  Spanish Representative at FEANTSA's Administrative Council and HF Officer at Provivienda Association (Spain)

12:00 pm. Closing 

• José Manuel Fresno, General director of  Fresno 'the right link' (Spain)
• Eduardo Gutiérrez, Deputy Director of Provivienda Association (Spain)