Four of the 15 residents of the collapsed house on Rua 31 de Janeiro in Porto “still have no solution” and “are living happily in the places they find,” Habitação Hoje said this Friday.
Habitação Hoje (HH) said in a statement that eight nights after the collapse of the building, “15 displaced persons remain without a permanent response from the Porto City Council or Social Security.”
According to HH, nine out of 15 residents are still living at the Bom Pastor workshop in Ermesinda after the relevant organization contacted the Diocese of Porto due to “lack of response from public authorities.”
The remaining six residents, who have not accepted the alternative because business hours are outside of Good Shepherd Seminary closing times, “spend the night in their network of intimacy, some because of the relationship they have with their boss.” pending “first emergency response”.
HH also clarifies that on Wednesday morning, the social welfare office contacted the Good Shepherd Seminary and asked that five residents be referred to the National Center for Support for the Integration of Migrants (CNAIM), “since only three (plus a child who has Portuguese citizenship) have completed the process of granting a residence permit, which is an obvious prerequisite for receiving assistance from the Assistance and Social Monitoring Service (SAAS).”
“The couple and the child were referred to SAAS de Gaia,” says HH, confirming the information provided to Lusa on Tuesday by this municipality in the Porto region.
“SAAS Gaia, after contacting the couple in charge of the child, reported that they had no housing solution and sent them to the rental market with the promise of income support,” they add.
Asked by Lusa, Cámara de Gaia said the couple and child were “directed to look for housing in the regular rental market.”
“The support situation will be assessed later. There are no promises, there are follow-up actions that may or may not be associated with economic support,” the municipality added.
HH also clarifies that “another resident” was sent to SAAS Porto and that of the six people who were not accommodated in Bom Pastor, “only two have a residence permit”.
“While the CMP stated this, we were unable to confirm whether these residents are being tracked by any SAAS,” he adds.
Also on Tuesday, in statements to Luse, Porto Mayor Rui Moreira said the three residents would be accompanied by the social services of the municipality.
In a statement, HH points out that “in the end” the Social Security Service and the Chamber of Porto “do not take responsibility for at least nine victims, four of whom still have no solution and continue to live in favor.” in the places they find in their support network.”
“Since it is unlikely that the process of granting a residence permit can be accelerated for those who have not issued it, therefore, this is a chain of denials from institutions that only pushes residents from one subject to another. and, in the end, despite the perfectly normal situation of all the victims, simply leaves them without any answer or lasting solution”, criticizes HH.
Luce The Chamber of Porto responded that “The Assistance and Social Monitoring Service has the opportunity to help all people who apply to the service and meet the conditions and criteria for monitoring”, concluding that “of course the same will happen in relation to CNAIM and social security.”
Building No. 55/57 on Rua 31 de Janeiro collapsed on Thursday, leaving 15 people of foreign nationality homeless, including a two-year-old child.
The causes of the accident are still being investigated by the authorities.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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