The number of homeless people living on the streets of Brazilian cities jumped from 21,934 in 2013 to 227,087 by August this year (935%), the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) reported this Monday.
IPEA, a public foundation linked to the South American country’s Ministry of Planning and Budget, published the data in the report “Homeless Population in Single Register Figures” on the same day that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched a plan to tackle the problem, promising investment of almost billion reais (about 188 million euros), suggesting that the Brazilian state is responsible for the growing homeless population in the country.
According to the study, the main reasons that force Brazilians to live on the streets are problems with family and partners (47.3%), unemployment (40.5%), abuse of alcohol and other drugs (30.4%) and loss of housing (26). ,1%). %).
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