The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR)

European Commission DG Research Unit

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Objective Evaluation of current welfare and housing benefits in the context of the institutional and policy environment Development of  a methodology to assess the impact of housing policies Development of performance measures for service providers which aim at the improvement of housing conditions of the socially deprived Recommendations of measures  to improve the system that are potentially applicable across Europe

Timeplan

The project started in February 2000 and runs for 3 years.

Partners

• The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences, Austria

• Population and Social Policy Consultants, Belgium

• Association for Innovative Social Research and Social Planning, Germany

• Department of Territorial Studies Politechnic Milan, Italy

• Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark

• University of Fribourg, Chair of Social Work, Switzerland

• Homeless Initiative, Ireland

Funding

European Commission, DG XII

Outputs

The project will yield a series of  reports and working papers which can be downloaded from this site upon completion

At the end of the project a conference for the wider scientific community, policy makers and service providers. Specifics will also be announced on this site

Abstract

The project plans to analyse the impact of welfare policies and welfare reform on users. Attention will be given on the role of services and more generally the non-governmental sector. For that purpose we will develop a methodology for performance measurement of services providing welfare and housing assistance to socially deprived individuals and households. We will then test the performance measurement methodology on housing support services in selected European Union countries and develop standards of service delivery in the field of supported accommodation assistance which take into account the needs and the points of view of users. The project will include an overview of housing policies in the EU and an analysis of the risk population through objective indicators.