Integrated Services and Housing Consultation

Pleace, N. (Keynote/plenary speaker)

Centre for Housing Policy

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Description

Plenary, Integrated Housing and Support for homeless people at Paris ‘Expert consultation on Integrated Services and Housing’, organised by OECD

Period	9 Nov 2012
Event title	Integrated Services and Housing Consultation
Event type	Seminar
Location	Paris, FranceShow on map

Documents & Links

The OECD Social Policy Ministerial in 2011 identified integrating services as a priority area for development in terms of knowledge building and information sharing, with the long-term aim of improving policies and outcomes for vulnerable populations and service users more generally. This first expert consultation on Integrated Services and Housing concentrated on the discussion of people with very high needs. The purpose of the consultation was to provide a forum for experts, working in the area of integrating social services and housing for vulnerable populations across the OECD, to share cross-national experiences. The consultation was made up of six sessions, presented over 1 ½ days. Within each session, an open discussion of the prioritisation of housing services in a schema of necessary social services for vulnerable groups was encouraged. Expert participants were invited to freely contribute experience, opinion and evidence to each discussion in regard to conceptual and delivery issues underlying recent policy and research in the area. Also, participants were asked to draw attention to the priorities for future comparative work in the area of Integrated Services and Housing.