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- Europeans’ willingness to pay for ending homelessness: A contingent valuation studyPublication . Loubiere, Sandrine; Taylor, Owen; Tinland, Aurelie; Moniz, Maria João Vargas; O'Shaughnessy, Branagh R; Bokszczanin, Anna; Källmen, Håkan; Bernad, Roberto; Wolf, Judith R.; Santinello, Massimo; Loundou, Anderson; Ornelas, José.; Auquier, PascalThe purpose of this study is to assess the utility value European citizens put on an innovative social program aimed at reducing homelessness. The Housing First (HF) model involves access to regular, scattered, independent and integrated housing in the community with the support of a multidisciplinary team. Currently, HF is not implemented by most European countries or funded by healthcare or social plans, but randomised controlled trials have stressed significant results for improved housing stability, recovery and healthcare services use. The broader implementation of HF across Europe would benefit from a better understanding of citizens' preferences and "willingness to pay" (WTP) for medico-social interventions like HF. We conducted a representative telephone survey between March and December 2017 in eight European countries (France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden). Respondent's WTP for HF (N = 5631) was assessed through a contingent valuation method with a bidding algorithm. 42.3% of respondents were willing to pay more taxes to reduce homelessness through the HF model, and significant differences were found between countries (p < 0.001); 30.4% of respondents who did not value the HF model were protest zeros (either contested the payment vehicle-taxes- or the survey instrument). Respondents were willing to pay €28.2 (±11) through annual taxation for the HF model. Respondents with higher educational attainment, who paid national taxes, reported positive attitudes about homelessness, or reported practices to reduce homelessness (donations, volunteering) were more likely to value the HF model, with some countries' differences also related to factors at the environmental level. These findings inform key stakeholders that European citizens are aware of the issue of homelessness in their countries and that scaling up the HF model across Europe is both feasible and likely to have public support.
- EU Citizens and HomelessnessPublication . Taylor, Owen; Loubiere, Sandrine; Tinland, Aurelie; Auquier, PascalThis chapter provides a description of the implementation of the European citizens’ survey, led by the French team from Aix Marseille University, as part of the HOME_EU project. The French team set out to use a telephone survey and quantitative research methods to investigate the opinions and experiences of European citizens in relation to homelessness, in addition to use a contingent valuation method to elicit the value respondents placed on the Housing First model as a potential solution to long-term homelessness. Data collection covered a 10-month period (March to December 2017). The survey produced results for European citizen’s knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in relation to homelessness, willingness to pay (WTP) for the Housing First model, and the prevalence of homelessness among the ‘survey and the WP2 as a whole close the chapter.