1 / 7

Gunnar Sveri Norwegian State Housing Bank

“Soft measures in the strategy“ The pathway to a permanent home Strategy to prevent and combat homelessness. Gunnar Sveri Norwegian State Housing Bank. The Housing Bank and the strategy.

mandell
Download Presentation

Gunnar Sveri Norwegian State Housing Bank

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. “Soft measures in the strategy“The pathway to a permanent homeStrategy to prevent and combat homelessness Gunnar Sveri Norwegian State Housing Bank

  2. The Housing Bank and the strategy • The Housing Bank shall coordinate “The Pathway to a Permanent Home” with the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs. • Co-operation forums • Municipality networks • Regional contact forums • Contact committee for cities • Regional reference groups • Proactive function

  3. The job is done in the municipalities • State bodies shall • Support the municipalities’ work and co-operate with each other • Encourage the development of services • Assist in the exchange of experience • The municipality is the main player • Duties derived from the Norwegian Social Services Act

  4. New players • The country’s enforcement officers • Those applying for evictions: • financial institutions • lessors • housing co-operatives • Health enterprises – psychiatry/treatment for drug and alcohol abuse • Norwegian Correctional Services – prisons • NGO’s

  5. Regional contact forums • Participants • The Housing Bank – county governors – Norwegian Correctional Services – enforcement offices – health enterprises – UDI • Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and large municipalities • NGOs are often invited • Assured progress and development • Regional seminars

  6. Contact committee for cities • The project municipalities in Project Homeless (7 cities) • To monitor development • To co-ordinate R&D work • To compile contributions from voluntary and user organisations • Peer review • Exchange of experience

  7. Municipality network • 19 regional networks comprising 132 municipalities in total • Exchange of ideas and experience • Goal – To develop own practice • Comparing statistics • Developing working methods

More Related