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| Socialist councilor Esther Nevado denounces that there has been a large increase in homelessness in recent times months after Covid-19 and "it is the responsibility of this City Council not to leave anyone out in the open with a cold and a curfew" | The Municipal Socialist Group demands that the municipal government team, PP and Cs, expand the places to accommodate homeless people who are currently on the streets of the municipality, "in the middle of winter and with a curfew at eleven o'clock at night ", explains the socialist councilor Esther Nevado, who also states that" we presented a motion together with the Podemos Group in the last plenary session, which was rejected, when it was timely and urgent since days Later we found out that a person died because he could not find a place to stay.
It is very serious and a City Council like Murcia cannot allow situations as dramatic as this, so he must correct his position.
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The councilor points out that there are "too many people in the municipality in dire need, people who do not have a home.
Let no one believe that there are shelters to accommodate men and women who are on the street, there are not enough squares, the facilities are overflowing and there is a waiting list, "but what is more," the municipal subsidies that the organizations that manage these shelters receive are so tight that they cannot do more.
" For this reason, we present the aforementioned motion, to expand those places.
However, the right-wing groups did not consider it appropriate and presented an alternative with the sole purpose of blocking our initiative, we suppose that it is because they live in another reality, blinded by Christmas lights, they do not see the people who are there.
on our streets without a home to return to.
" Nevado also denounces that the City Council does not have a census that quantifies the homeless people in the municipality of Murcia.
"It is a historical demand from both the Municipal Socialist Group and the entities that work with this group.
But Ballesta and his team refuse to do so.
We do not want to think badly, but perhaps they do not want to do it because the data would make them blush.
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The mayor of the PSOE explains that the number of people living in poverty is growing notably in the municipality.
"Before the Coronavirus crisis we had a third of the population at risk of poverty, now many of these people are no longer at risk but are directly in a situation of poverty ".
Likewise, he points out that "the increase in people living on the street is something obvious that can be seen with the naked eye.
I invite the mayor and his team to take a walk around the municipality and check it out." "This situation has a multitude of consequences.
Among the main ones, the collapse of the municipal shelters," says Nevado, who warns that "this tragic situation is not resolved by distributing forty blankets." "Another aspect that these associations complained about was the lack of a contingency plan in these centers in case there are positives among the people who stay there, or someone in need of lodging arrives and positive in Covid.
It is a shame that Murcia suffers from all these symptoms, because they are clear symptoms of a disease: poverty, "says Esther Nevado.
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Source: PSOE Murcia
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