Street Roots • May 5-11,2017
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“O ver th e s u m m e r w e ’re going to have
te a c h e rs an d w o rk sh o p s,” said G rijalva. “We
have a w hole eq u ity c o m m itte e p lan n e d and
w e w a n t to m ake su re w e ’re re a c h in g p eo p le
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g en trific atio n h e re . T h o se p e o p le a re still
h e re . T h e re a re a lo t of fam ilies w ho a re
a b so lu tely re s istin g and w e w a n t to give th e m
an o p p o rtu n ity to m ake m o n ey and an
o p p o rtu n ity to ta k e back th e sp ace. So th a t’s
w h a t w e ’re w orking on rig h t now. I t’s gonna
b e creativ e re u s e , a r t an d m ending. O u r goal
is to u se e x ce ss stu ff th a t co m e s th ro u g h th e
F re e H u tch. M aybe w e’ll tu r n t-sh irts in to to te
bags. W e’ll also have p eo p le te a c h o th e rs how
to fix b ro k e n ap p lian ces an d stu ff like th a t.”
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G rijalva said, “W h ere I s e e th e r e b ein g any
c o n tro v e rsy a t all is th a t w e’re in s u p p o rt of
tr u e equity.”
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o m e le s sn e ss g rab s a lot of
h e ad lin es in P o rtlan d , b u t it’s
w ith o u t q u e stio n a global issu e.
T h e U n ited S ta te s h o m e le ss fig u res
c o n tin u e s to h o v er a t m o re th a n a half a
m illion p eo p le, give o r ta k e a few
p e rc e n ta g e p o in ts in r e c e n t y ears.
M eanw hile, c o u n trie s a cro ss E u ro p e are
se ein g a d istu rb in g tre n d .
A ccording to a new r e p o r t from E U
h o u sin g o rganization F e a n sta, E u ro p e a n
c o u n trie s a re facing a h o m e le s sn e ss and
h o u sin g exclusion “c risis.”
L au n ch ed in th e E u ro p e a n P a rlia m e n t
in B ru sse ls in late M arch, th e S econd
O verview of H ousing E xclusion in E u ro p e
reveals alarm ing tre n d s in h o m e le ssn e ss
in th e m ajority of E u ro p e a n U nion
c o u n tries.
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all c o u n trie s ,” said F e a n tsa d ire c to r F re e k
Spinnew ijn. “R elative p o v erty is going
dow n in E u ro p e, b u t e x tre m e p o v erty -
and, notably, h o m e le s sn e ss - is going up,
and going u p v e ry fast. T h is is an
e m e rg e n c y and actio n is n e e d e d .”
F e a n sta ’s re p o rt, c re a te d in co n ju n ctio n
w ith F re n c h h o u sin g c h a rity F o n d atio n
A bbé P ie rre , b rin g s to g e th e r a s e rie s of
stu d ie s th a t p a in t a tro u b lin g p ictu re of
h o u sin g exclusion.
G e rm a n y h as se e n a 35 p e rc e n t
in c re a se in h o m e le ss p e o p le in two y ears.
In A u stria th e n u m b e r of p eo p le
re g is te re d as h o m e le ss h a s g o n e up by 28
p e rc e n t in six y ears.
In th e UK, 7 p e rc e n t m o re p eo p le w ere
sleep in g ro u g h in L ondon b etw een 2015
and 2016. Spain h as se e n an in c re a se in
h o m e le ssn e ss of 5 p e rc e n t in sev en y ears,
w hile Italy h as se e n an in c re a se of 6
p e rc e n t in six y ears.
In re s p o n se , F e a n tsa h a s lau n c h ed a
n ew cam paign - ‘B e Fair, E u ro p e - S ta n d
U p for H o m e le ss P e o p le ’ - to p u sh E U
p o licy m ak ers to do m o re to p u t an e n d to
h o m e le s sn e ss , including u sin g E u ro p e a n
fu n d s on h o m ele ssn e ss-re d u c tio n
p ro g ra m m e s. T h e In te rn a tio n a l N etw o rk
of S tre e t P a p e rs, of w hich S tre e t R oots is
a m em b er, is a m ed ia p a rtn e r on th e
cam paign.
“We w a n t th e E u ro p e a n U nion to sta n d
up for th e rig h ts of h o m e le ss p e o p le ,”
Spinnew ijn said. “H o m e le ssn e ss is n o t
c u rre n tly looked a t as a fu n d am en tal
rig h ts violation. I th in k th e re is ro o m for
th e E u ro p e a n U nion A gency for
F u n d a m en tal R ights to s ta r t doing th a t.”
- Laura Kelly, Courtesy of INSP.ngo
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