Homeless folks in Germany: When emergency lodging replaces youngsters’s rooms | EUROtoday

Right now it is the rat. She has settled down in Erika Heine’s sleeping place – and the virtually 70-year-old is disgusted by the animal. Heine has been residing on the streets of Hanover, her hometown, for a few years. She’s gotten used to plenty of issues as a homeless individual, however rats aren’t one among them, she says.

Heine fights for the rights of people that stay on the streets – particularly girls. She finds speaking about how she misplaced her condominium “boring.” What is extra essential to her is what folks with no house want: safety, respect, a voice. Heine seems well-groomed, grey, medium-long hair, clear speech. At this time of yr she is barely noticeable as a result of she remains to be flippantly dressed. “We have a different perception of cold,” she says.