This is a collection of essays that includes a wide range of scenarios: from the optimistic to the dystopian, from the pragmatic to the idealistic, and many more in between. The idea of this book is to distill the wisdom needed to end homelessness from all the knowledge the leading researchers have gained from their extensive work. The collection of essays includes a wide range of scenarios: from the optimistic to the dystopian, from the pragmatic to the idealistic, and many more in between.

But one shared idea shines through: inaction is not an option when it comes to the future of homelessness.

Table of Contents:

Preface | Juha Kaakinen

Hopeful Visions

• No one is Homeless. What is Missing? | Julien Damon
• 2030 Twenty Thirty | Marcus Knutagård
• A Professional Service for Housing Stabilization | Dennis P. Culhane
• Homes for Homeless Women! | Riitta Granfelt
• Fair Enough | Maria Ohisalo and Saija Turunen

Dystopian Scenarios

• No Homeless in 2030 – Best Practice from Donegary | Boróka Fehér and Nóra Teller

Insights by Country

• Great Britain in 2030 | Suzanne Fitzpatrick
• Australia – Getting out of the Policy Quagmire | Guy Johnson
• Homelessness in Finland in 2030 – the Past or Present? | Ilkka Taipale
• Germany in 2030 – Utopia and Dystopia | Volker Busch-Geertsema

Paradigms and Policy

• A Tale of Three Futures | Marybeth Shinn
• Ending Homelessness by 2030 | Eoin O’Sullivan
• Getting Rid of Home | Michele Lancione
• The Best of Times or the Worst of Times? | Nicholas Pleace
• There is Light at the End of the Tunnel – Let’s Hope it’s Not a Train | Stephen Gaetz
• Between Vision and Reality | Lars Benjaminsen
• How to Make Progress on Homelessness by 2030? | Freek Spinnewijn

Closing Words | Leilani Farha