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In Europe over 1.2 million folks should not have a house. According to the most recent report of the European Federation of organizations that take care of Sentetetto (Feursa), solely in 2024 did it improve by 43%. In the face of such alarming information, the interventions of the governments stay fragmentary, usually emergency and barely structural.

If on the one hand some nations, comparable to Finland and extra lately Austria have chosen to give attention to lengthy -term methods to ensure the best to dwelling, in lots of different European nations the phenomenon continues to be confronted in an episodic approach. It is an instance of Italy, the place a nationwide plan remains to be lacking, or Greece, the place even official registers are lacking on the homeless inhabitants. Also in Spain, the photographs of the homeless folks camp at Madrid-Barajas airport have develop into the image of a disaster confronted with short-term options and a confused administration between the totally different institutional ranges.

Behind the numbers there are faces and above all social fragility: working precariousness, inaccessible rents, disabilities, migrations, trauma. A disaster, that of the homeless in Europe, which now not issues solely the “margins” of the cities, however which manifests itself an increasing number of of their symbolic locations: squares, stations and airports.

Austria: Vienna, the emergency within the highlight

In Vienna, the phenomenon targeted particularly on the well-known Mariahilfer Straße, a purchasing avenue image of the capital. In 2023, a collection of homeless homicides perpetrated by a 17 -year -old younger man pushed many homeless folks to pay attention exactly in that space, nearer to emergency facilities and help companies. According to Statistics Austria, in 2023 over 20 thousand folks had been homeless in Austria, half of whom in Vienna.

Among the causes of the rise additionally the migratory move from neighboring nations, particularly from Hungary, the place the circumstances for the homeless are sometimes unacceptable. The Viennese metropolis councilor for social affairs, Peter Hacker, explicitly criticized the Hungarian authorities so as to not take cost of its susceptible residents.