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Homeless in New York – Brut.documentaries

DanielR.

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In early January in Montreal, when it was -27 degrees, a 74-year-old homeless man (homeless) froze to death under the overpass of a beautiful highway. In Montreal, there are warm places to sleep for the homeless, but not enough. And the regulations that govern these organizations, such as taking a mandatory shower, changing clothes, dormitories without privacy, etc. discourage many homeless people from wanting to sleep in these places. There is even a special police squad whose mandate is to go around the places frequented by homeless people to encourage them to go to sleep in the warm. A former hospital near the city center also serves as shelter for these men and women in very precarious situations. And there are more and more. Even young people. Even teenagers of 13 or 14 years old. Even Inuit from the Far North. It’s weird trying to fight such a scourge once people are completely devoid of it. While the solution is very simple. Make housing available at affordable prices for all those who live in extreme poverty, before they find themselves on the street with nothing. And with minimal supervision for drug addicts. It is a big question of financial means. Low-cost housing (HLM) is expensive to administer with a clientele who can set fire to a building at any time, or who can be violent. But isn’t the real violence letting an old man of 74 die in the street by -27 degrees?

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