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More than 700,000 people sleep rough across Europe on any given night, according to data from the European Parliament. This figure has risen by 70 per cent in the past decade, as rents in cities spiralled, social housing shrank, and governments grappled with the impact of the 2008 financial crash. Millions more live in temporary housing, informal shelters, and on couches and floors of friends, family, and acquaintances.
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I’m working on a project with the Museum of Homelessness called Project Fortify, specifically looking at how racism and xenophobia are making people homeless and subjecting them to intimidation, violence and putting lives and wellbeing at risk.
I know there is a huge amount of expertise and intelligence out there. So if you would like to have a conversation or point me in the direction of things I should be looking at and people I should be speaking to, I’d be really grateful for any help. There are some more details about the project here: https://museumofhomelessness.org/2021/03/05/museum-of-homelessness-announces-project-fortify-for-2021-funded-by-the-isla-foundation/
Figures obtained by Politics.co.uk reveal that almost 300 Commonwealth nationals have been evicted from their homes under the government’s controversial ‘right to rent’ rules, raising concerns that members of the Windrush generation could have been affected.
If you want to understand the liberal narrative and response to the crisis, this is a readable and clear start. The limitation is that inequality, exclusion, and poverty are seen as growing problems to be solved through reform, rather than leading to the rejection of the economic model.
Grenfell Tower, a huge block of social housing flats in West London, caught fire on the 14th June 2017, killing almost 80 people. This national tragedy, which has seen Londoners mobilise to help those displaced and bereaved, has also elicited protests and anger across the capital due to the fact that the incident might have been prevented if warning signs hadn’t been ignored.
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Samir Jeraj - Freelance Journalist 