Flu.Watch - Influenza News and Updates
Reports on the Coronavirus and Influenza Around the World
  • Home
  • Updates
Navigation:Main Page > Updates > Europe rushed to house the homeless as coronavirus hit. Advocates worry the changes won’t last.

Breaking News

Hours-long reading of 628-page COVID relief bill delays Senate debate
Senate votes to kick off debate over $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill
Too much stimulus in the U.S. may bring ‘imported inflation’ to China, economists warn
Study finds link between coronavirus mortality risk and obesity

Updates

Europe rushed to house the homeless as coronavirus hit. Advocates worry the changes won’t last.

EditorWashington PostAugust 13, 2020

In a few days, 15,000 people were set up in empty hotels and private lodgings as streets and shelters were cleared, under a national directive implemented locally. Amid orders to stay home, similar efforts had differing degrees of success across Europe, where homelessness has increased 70 percent over the past decade, despite the continent’s robust welfare systems.

“The coronavirus has showed that if there is enough political will and urgency, you can end homelessness in a couple of weeks,” said Freek Spinnewijn, director of the European Federation of National Organizations Working With the Homeless, or FEANTSA.

Even amid the pain the virus has wrought, it has opened a rare opportunity to reshape homelessness policies, advocates in Europe told The Washington Post. With no end to the pandemic in sight, many experts say the homeless need ongoing help finding long-term accommodations, rather than one-off meals and temporary rooms.

Whether some of the new measures stick remains to be seen.

…continued .
[Source: Washington Post]

Related Posts

Hours-long reading of 628-page COVID relief bill delays Senate debate

Updates /

Hours-long reading of 628-page COVID relief bill delays Senate debate

Senate votes to kick off debate over $1

Updates /

Senate votes to kick off debate over $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill

Too much stimulus in the U.S

Updates /

Too much stimulus in the U.S. may bring ‘imported inflation’ to China, economists warn

‹ Britain says it overcounted coronavirus death toll by 5,377› As pandemic disrupts supply chains, Mexico tries to lure U.S. firms from China
March 2021
MTWTFSS
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031 
« Feb  

Flu Watch Monthly Archives

  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020

Browse by Popular Tag

Business InsiderBuzzFeedCBS NewsCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCNBCCNNFox NewsHuffington PostNew York TimesThe GuardianWashington PostWorld Health OrganizationYahoo News

Back to Top

  • Main Page
  • Updates
  • DMCA / Copyright
(c) 2020 Flu.Watch