"Municipal Strategies to Prevent Homelessness", led by the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland, is piloting new strategies which shift the focus from remediation work to prevention.

The project covers three main themes: Early Intervention, Social Inclusion and Supported Housing. It is based on Finland's national "housing first" principles: making housing a prerequisite for rehabilitation, better social inclusion and the journey towards employment.

In the short time the project has been active, it has already successfully developed and tested new models of working in more than six cities. Knowledge about housing and homelessness pathways has increased and the focus is shifting to become more preventative at local and national levels.