National Actionplan Homelessness
First a home
Over the past ten years, it appeared that the number of homeless people had risen sharply. That is why the government has invested heavily in preventing and reducing homelessness. Between 2019 and 2021, the government set up two temporary programs: the broad approach 'One (T)home, one Future', and the Action Program for Homeless Youth. The advice of the Council for Public Health and Society 'Recovery starts with a house' was an important starting point for these programs. The core of the advice was that a structurally different approach to homelessness was necessary: not social shelter, but a place to live is the basis of every assistance program. This was also in line with the advice of the Dannenberg committee, where social inclusion of people with psychosocial vulnerability is central.