European Observatory on Homelessness European Observatory on Homelessness European Journal European Journal of Homelessness Homelessness of Homelessness The European Journal of Homelessness provides a critical analysis of policy and practice on homelessness in Europe for policy makers, practitioners, researchers and academics. The aim is to stimulate debate on homelessness and housing exclusion at the Journalof European level and to facilitate the development of a stronger evidential base for policy development and innovation. The journal seeks to give international exposure to significant national, regional and local developments and to provide a forum for comparative analysis of policy and practice in preventing and tackling home- lessness in Europe. The journal will also assess the lessons for European Europe which can be derived from policy, practice and research from elsewhere. European Journal of Homelessness is published by FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless. An electronic version can be downloaded from FEANTSA’s website www.feantsaresearch.org. FEANTSA works with the European Commission, the contracting authority for the four-year partnership agreement under which this publication has received funding. The information contained in this publication does not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission. ISSN: 2030-2762 (Print) n 2030-3106 (Online) Volume 12, No. 1 n European Federation of National Associations Working with the Homeless AISBL Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales Travaillant avec les Sans-Abri AISBL 194, Chaussée de Louvain n 1210 Brussels n Belgium Tel.: + 32 2 538 66 69 n Fax: + 32 2 539 41 74 [email protected] n www.feantsaresearch.org Volume No. 1 12, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HOMELESSNESS Journal Philosophy The European Journal of Homelessness provides a critical analysis of policy and practice on homelessness in Europe for policy makers, practitioners, researchers and academics. The aim is to stimulate debate on homelessness and housing exclusion at the European level and to facilitate the development of a stronger evidential base for policy development and innovation. The journal seeks to give international exposure to significant national, regional and local developments and to provide a forum for comparative analysis of policy and practice in preventing and tackling homelessness in Europe. The journal will also assess the lessons for Europe, which can be derived from policy, practice and research from elsewhere. Editorial Team Eoin O’Sullivan, School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland (Lead Editor) Volker Busch-Geertsema, GISS (Association for Innovative Social Research and Social Planning), Bremen, Germany (Coordinator of European Observatory on Homelessness) Mike Allen, Focus Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Isabel Baptista, CESIS (Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social), Lisbon, Portugal Lars Benjaminsen, Danish National Centre for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark Nicholas Pleace, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, UK Nóra Teller, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary Editorial Assistant Gillian Smith, School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland Contributors Tim Aubry University of Ottawa Canada [email protected] Isabel Baptisa Independent Researcher Lisbon, Portugal [email protected] Roberto Bernad RAIS [email protected] Jakob Brounstein University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University New York, USA [email protected] Volker Busch-Geertsema GISS (Association for Innovative Social Research and Social Planning) Bremen, Germany [email protected] Tom Byrne Boston University School of Social Work Boston, USA [email protected] Eliška Černá University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Eliška.černá@osu.cz Joe Doherty University of St. Andrews Scotland, UK [email protected] Gwendolyn Dordick City College, New York, New York, USA [email protected] Irene Geraci University of Padova Padova, Italy [email protected] Kateřina Glumbíková University of Ostrava, Czech Republic [email protected] Erik Hansson Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden [email protected] Martín Julián Fundación RAIS Madrid, Spain [email protected] Petr Kubala University of Ostrava, Czech Republic [email protected] Ondřej Krčál Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic [email protected] Roman Matoušek Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Department for Social Inclusion Czech Republic [email protected] Taina Meriluoto University of Tampere, Finland [email protected] Don Mitchell Uppsala University Box 513, 751 20 Uppsala Sweden [email protected] Magdalena Mostowska University of Warsaw, Poland [email protected] Mary P. Murphy Maynooth University Kildare, Ireland [email protected] Dana Nedělníková National Association of Shelters, Czech Republic [email protected] Brendan O’Flaherty Columbia University, New York New York, USA [email protected] Mirela Paraschiv University of Bucharest, Romania [email protected] Maribel Ramos Fundación RAIS Madrid, Spain [email protected] Marie-Therese Reichenbach Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany [email protected] Štěpán Ripka University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Štěpá[email protected] Srishti Sinha Columbia University, New York New York, USA [email protected] Rostislav Staněk Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic [email protected] Francesc Talens Fundación RAIS Madrid, Spain [email protected] Rebeca Yuncal Fundación RAIS Madrid, Spain [email protected] International Advisory Committee of the European Journal of Homelessness Professor Isobel Anderson (University of Stirling), UK Professor Tim Aubry (University of Ottawa), Canada Professor Pedro José Cabrera (Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid), Spain Professor Jochen Clasen (University of Edinburgh), UK Professor Dennis P. Culhane (University of Pennsylvania), USA Dr. Pascal De Decker (Hogeschool Gent), Belgium Professor Emeritus Joe Doherty (University of St Andrews), UK Dr. Evelyn Dyb (Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research), Norway Mr. Bill Edgar (European Housing Research Ltd), UK Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh), UK Professor Paul Flatau (Murdoch University), Australia Professor Stephen Gaetz (York University), Canada Professor Susanne Gerull (Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin), Germany Professor József Hegedüs (Metropolitan Research Institute Budapest), Hungary Professor Guy Johnson (RMIT University, Melbourne), Australia Professor Marcus Knutagård (Lund University), Sweden Professor Claire Lévy-Vroelant (Université Paris 8 -Vincennes – Saint-Denis), France Professor Thomas Maloutas (Harokopio University, Athens), Greece Dr. Magdalena Mostowska (University of Warsaw), Poland Professor Ingrid Sahlin (Lund University), Sweden Professor Marybeth Shinn (Vanderbilt University), USA Dr. Svetlana Stephenson (London Metropolitan University), UK Professor Antonio Tosi (Politecnico University of Milan), Italy Professor Judith Wolf (UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen), The Netherlands Consultative Committee of the European Journal of Homelessness Elisabth Hammer, Austria Marco Iazzolino, Italy Yahyâ Samii, Belgium Aida Karčiauskienė, Lithuania Kateřina Glumbíková, Czech Republic Andreas Vogt, Luxembourg Ole Svendsen, Denmark Jakub Wilczek, Poland Juha Kaakinen, Finland Filipe Miranda, Portugal Jean Michel David, France Ian Tilling, Romania Werena Rosenke, Germany Bojan Kuljanac, Slovenia Lazaros Petromelidis, Greece Laura Guijarro Edo, Spain Peter Bakos, Hungary Kjell Larsson, Sweden Pat Doyle, Ireland Rina Beers, The Netherlands Jules Oldham, UK 8 European Journal of Homelessness _ Volume 12, No. 1 Content Editorial 11 Articles Erik Hansson and Don Mitchell The Exceptional State of “Roma Beggars” in Sweden 15 Marie-Therese Reichenbach Homelessness of Mobile EU-citizens as One Effect of a National-European Conflict. Insights Into an Ethnography of Participation in Europe Using the Example of Germany 41 Taina Meriluoto Between Expertise and Authenticity – Co-creation in Finnish Housing First Initiatives from the Perspective of Experts-by-experience 61 Think Piece Gwendolyn Dordick, Brendan O’Flaherty, Jakob Brounstein and Srishti Sinha Policy for Panhandling: How to Encourage Good Panhandling and Discourage Bad 87 Strategy Reviews Isabel Baptista The New Portuguese Homelessness Strategy: Recent Developments 115 Content Research Notes Roberto Bernad, Francesc Talens, Irene Geraci, Martín Julián, Rebeca Yuncal and Maribel Ramos Housing First Elements Facilitating Resilience in Clients with Addictions in the Hábitat Programme: a Qualitative Study 133 Štěpán Ripka, Eliška Černá, Petr Kubala, Ondřej Krčál and Rostislav Staněk The Housing First for Families in Brno Trial Protocol: A Pragmatic Single-Site Randomized Control Trial of Housing First Intervention for Homeless Families in Brno, Czech Republic 153 Response Piece Roman Matoušek Lack of Social Work and Housing: Comments on “Experiencing a Stay in a Shelter in the Context of a Lack of Social Housing” 173 Kateřina Glumbíková and Dana Nedělníková Response to Roman Matoušek 181 Book Reviews Matthew Desmond (2016) Evicted. Poverty and Profit in the American City 185 Beata Siemieniako (2017) Reprivatizing Poland. History of a Great Scam 185 Bruce O’Neill