1. MPHASIS National position / Context statement Romania by Ian Tilling, M.B.E. President - Asociaţia Casa Ioana

2. ETHOS classifies homeless people according to their living situation:  rooflessness (without a shelter of any kind, sleeping rough)  houselessness (with a place to sleep but temporary in institutions or shelter)  living in insecure housing (threatened with severe exclusion due to insecure tenancies, eviction, domestic violence)  living in inadequate housing (in caravans on illegal campsites, in unfit housing, in extreme overcrowding)

3. Homeless Information System (HIS) Definition of ‘homeless’: a social category comprising of individuals or families who, regardless of age, sex, religion, ethnicity or citizenship; by one or more social reasons (medical, physical, psychological, economic, financial or legal) or other critical situation (natural or man made disasters). The definition includes people that are either roofless and have no means to rent a home long-term, or at a high risk of eviction.

4. Local authorities Definition of ‘homeless’: Using the ETHOS Typology roofless100% houseless6.5% insecure housing 77.4% inadequate housing 54.8%

5. Public Definition of ‘homeless’: Using the ETHOS Typology roofless100% houseless2% insecure housing 20% inadequate housing 0%

6. Existing data on homelessness and existing systems to collect data Romanian Anti-poverty Commission and Social Inclusion Promotion (CASPIS) 2003/2004 study Definition of ‘Homeless’: Roofless: without a shelter of any kind, sleeping rough Using the ETHOS Typology National total of 9,750 homeless/evicted people.

7. Romanian Institute for the Quality of Life 2004 study Definition of ‘homeless’: Using the ETHOS Typology Roofless: without a shelter of any kind, sleeping rough

8. Responding local authorities: 4,725 homeless people RIQL national study estimate: Between 10,800 - 11,400 homeless people living in urban areas RIQL national study estimate: Between 11,000 to 13,000 homeless people nationally