Thursday, April 12, 2012
"The Homeless Barcelona"
"The Homeless Barcelona"
The number of homeless in the city has increased 32% since 2008. Nearly 2,800 people sleep in shelters, on the street or in barracks. Every day about 1,100 people sleep in public shelters and other accommodation of social organizations, the study said. About 800 sleeping on the streets and as many in abandoned buildings, vehicles parked on vacant lots and shacks in vacant lots, as one in four people dided on Monday in the neighborhood of Poble Nou in Barcelona.
Compared to the homeless counts made by Barcelona since 2008 and the comparison between the data for that date and the current evidence that the phenomenon of shanty towers has soared.
The profile of the person sleeping on the street, according to the latest report is that of a man between 26 and 45 who seek refuge in doorways and lobbies of banks mainly in the districts of Eixample and Ciutat Vella (47%) The third district with more homeless is Sant Marti (14%). By age 31% are between 26 and 45 years, 24 % between 46 and 65, and the rest is undetermined. In total according to recent data 500 were foreigners and 300 Spanish. In 2009, 12.5 % of these people received counseling by the Consistory.
The main problem is, the resources of the City of Barcelona and the extensive network of social organizations that work are insufficient compared to the constant increase of people who become homeless.
Barcelona has a total of 1,347 beds in shelters and residential floors in addition to 416 in inclusion-social entities have more seats than the Consistory-other 120 people on pensions and other 279 in realquiladas rooms. In the last four years, since the counts are made, the health care network has increased, especially places that have gone on floors from 182-342, but doesn't come close to addressing the real needs.
Maite Fandos (CIU), appealed to citizens to facilitate economic rental apartments to the Consistory to the "significant increase" of homelessness.
Local and social authorities prefer apartments to large facilities or shelters because it helps further integration, provided occupants have a minimum of social skills.
Overall, the amount of homeless people is beginning to rise at a staggering rate, ignited by the crisis of the Spanish economy and extremely high unemployment rate. In my opinion, local and social authorities need to brainstorm more ideas and think a little tougher next time to end this problem and to create a stronger plan, that will at least stop the growth of homeless people in Barcelona.
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