{"id":5349,"date":"2024-09-04T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingfirst-frauen.berlin\/housing-first-for-women-has-already-arranged-over-100-tenancy-agreements\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:44:49","slug":"housing-first-for-women-has-already-arranged-over-100-tenancy-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingfirst-frauen.berlin\/en\/housing-first-for-women-has-already-arranged-over-100-tenancy-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"“Housing First for Women” has already arranged over 100 tenancy agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Housing First for Women\" has already arranged over 100 tenancy agreements<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]In the fight against homelessness specific to women, the Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen Berlin (SkF) recently celebrated a major success with its “Housing First for Women” (HFF) project, namely the placement of the 100th woman. rental agreement since the start in 2018.<\/b><\/p>\n

“We have already brokered 106 rental agreements,” explains Esther K\u00f6b-Koutsamanis. The Austrian, who has been responsible for public relations and housing acquisition in the HFF project team since February 2022, recalls: “Initially, the work was a challenge for me, if only because the Berlin housing market is known to be very tight. But we have now arrived on the real estate market, have made many contacts and have been able to gain several good cooperation partners for our project.”<\/p>\n

The “Housing First” concept originally comes from the USA and is based on the idea that homeless people must first and foremost be given their own home again – as a prerequisite for all further steps back into life. According to K\u00f6b-Koutsamanis, this would also break the revolving door effect, which sooner or later brings homeless people from emergency shelters or hospitals back onto the streets.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”9672″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Esther K\u00f6b-Koutsamanis is also responsible for acquiring accommodation for the HFF project. Photo: Sarah Mistura | uploaded by Michael Vogt<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]