Homeless people of Belgium
© Karmakolle via Creative Commons

BRUSSELS - In 2021, the European Union decided that it wants to end homelessness by 2030. Belgium also signed up to this goal. During the Belgian Presidency of the European Council at the beginning of last year, our country organised a conference in Brussels entitled “Towards zero homelessness, only six years left to succeed”.

It sounds ambitious. Too ambitious? Or even hypocritical?

‘We agree to launch together the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness and to work towards the ending of homelessness by 2030.’ That is what it says in the Lisbon Declaration.

Thanks to homeless counts, we know that the group of homeless people is larger and more diverse than previously thought. Marijn Sillis thought it was worth investigating. In conversation with homeless people, he delves into the complex issues involved.

Photo: © Karmakolle via Creative Commons

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