Post by shibly on Feb 12, 2024 6:53:56 GMT 1
The Federal Supreme Court, through Minister Alexandre de Moraes, called a public hearing within the scope of the Claim of Non-Compliance with Fundamental Precepts (ADPF) DF 976, to hear authorities and members of civil society regarding the situation of the homeless population [1] . The grounds for the order point to the "systematic violation of the fundamental rights and guarantees of homeless people, in a scenario that was significantly worsened after the Covid-19 pandemic" , mentioning a study by the Institute of Applied Economic Research that concluded that the The number of homeless people increased from 92,515 in September 2021 to 221,869 in March 2020. This Ipea study was carried out even before the coronavirus pandemic spread across Brazil, with evidence that the homeless population has grown even further due to the economic crisis that resulted from the health emergency.
In the city of São Paulo, the Census of the homeless population was brought forward, noting that it grew from 24,344 to 31,884 people in 2022. In the ADPF being processed by the STF, the author intends for the Judiciary to intervene to remedy serious injuries to fundamental precepts of the Constitution perpetrated by federal entities in relation to homeless people, especially given the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on these people. The authors of the action therefore request, among other requests, the recognition of the Unconstitutional Egypt Email List State of Affairs (ECI), resulting from structural and relevant omissions by the Executive and Legislative Powers, including with regard to the reserve of a sufficient public budget. I intend, in two texts, to provide elements for the recognition of housing as the central and immediate problem in homelessness (part 1); then, point out the STF's recent advances in protecting the right to housing and, finally, support the existence of the Unconstitutional State of Affairs in the issue of housing for the homeless population ( part 2 ).
Lack of housing as an immediate characteristic of the homeless population The homeless population should be defined as those people who live in public places or shelters because they do not have access to housing. This is the central aspect, the most immediate characteristic of these people's deprivation: the lack of a roof under which to shelter. Several other characteristics of this population are mediated by the lack of housing. These other characteristics appear, for example, in more extensive definitions of the homeless population, such as that of Federal Decree 7,053/2009, which defines it as "the heterogeneous population group that has in common extreme poverty, interrupted or weakened family ties and the lack of regular conventional housing, and that uses public places and degraded areas as living space and livelihood, temporarily or permanently , as well as reception units for temporary overnight stays or as temporary housing" [2] . This definition encompasses both people who use public shelters and those who sleep on the streets and covers characteristics ("extreme poverty, interrupted or weakened family ties") that may or may not be present in the homeless situation, always mediated by lack of of housing.
In the city of São Paulo, the Census of the homeless population was brought forward, noting that it grew from 24,344 to 31,884 people in 2022. In the ADPF being processed by the STF, the author intends for the Judiciary to intervene to remedy serious injuries to fundamental precepts of the Constitution perpetrated by federal entities in relation to homeless people, especially given the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on these people. The authors of the action therefore request, among other requests, the recognition of the Unconstitutional Egypt Email List State of Affairs (ECI), resulting from structural and relevant omissions by the Executive and Legislative Powers, including with regard to the reserve of a sufficient public budget. I intend, in two texts, to provide elements for the recognition of housing as the central and immediate problem in homelessness (part 1); then, point out the STF's recent advances in protecting the right to housing and, finally, support the existence of the Unconstitutional State of Affairs in the issue of housing for the homeless population ( part 2 ).
Lack of housing as an immediate characteristic of the homeless population The homeless population should be defined as those people who live in public places or shelters because they do not have access to housing. This is the central aspect, the most immediate characteristic of these people's deprivation: the lack of a roof under which to shelter. Several other characteristics of this population are mediated by the lack of housing. These other characteristics appear, for example, in more extensive definitions of the homeless population, such as that of Federal Decree 7,053/2009, which defines it as "the heterogeneous population group that has in common extreme poverty, interrupted or weakened family ties and the lack of regular conventional housing, and that uses public places and degraded areas as living space and livelihood, temporarily or permanently , as well as reception units for temporary overnight stays or as temporary housing" [2] . This definition encompasses both people who use public shelters and those who sleep on the streets and covers characteristics ("extreme poverty, interrupted or weakened family ties") that may or may not be present in the homeless situation, always mediated by lack of of housing.