There are many paths leading to homelessness, but few roads out of this situation. Having become homeless, a person ends up in vicious circle lack of rights and discrimination: he must overcome a lot of obstacles in order to receive any service or solve any problem. Elena Kovalenko And Elena Strokova, the authors of the book “Homelessness: Is There a Way Out,” published by the Institute of Urban Economics Foundation, consider the possibilities of overcoming social barriers for the homeless and ways to change the current situation

Society's attitude towards the homeless is characterized by indifference and aggression, it was found out Elena Kovalenko And Elena Strokova. At the same time, they recognize that the reason for the infringement of the rights of these people lies in the low level of well-being of the population as a whole, in the uneven socio-economic development of the territories and in the insufficient availability of social benefits for the majority of citizens. Poor quality of life contributes to the spread of risky behavior strategies, which often lead to homelessness.

• characterize the situation in which the homeless find themselves (this will help to understand their problems, and, therefore, find ways to solve them);
• identify the circumstances that prevent you from leaving homelessness;
• analyze the problems that bring people at risk of homelessness onto the street (this is important for the prevention of homelessness);
• present examples of best practice in solving homeless problems in Russia and abroad;
• develop recommendations for solving problems for government officials.

Homelessness can be very different people, and for completely different reasons, the authors of the book emphasize. However, two risk groups can be distinguished. The first group contains those who have a roof over their head, but do not legal rights for this housing, which means they could end up on the street at any moment. The second group included members of “collective households” - inmates of orphanages, prisoners, etc., who are not homeless by legal status, but are at risk of being left without a home after leaving the institution. A similar situation finds itself in those who, having the right to housing and registration, lose them for some reason. There are times when deteriorating health or loss of work can plunge a person into virtual homelessness.

Barriers to the Homeless

In Russia, left without housing, a person finds himself separated from society and from the system public services available to all other citizens. On his way, several difficult barriers arise at once.

First of all, this is an institutional barrier - the capabilities of the social protection system are not enough to help a person who finds himself in difficult situation. Even when documents are simply lost, it is very difficult to obtain government services.

It is no less difficult to overcome the bureaucratic barrier. The state constantly creates risks for citizens of being disadvantaged when receiving public services (by the way, people coming from other cities to work face the same problems as homeless people without registration).

Finally, there is a socio-psychological barrier - society is not ready to accept socially excluded groups. In addition, a long stay in a crisis state (including living on the street or at risk of homelessness) leaves a strong imprint on a person’s psyche and prevents them from getting out of the current situation.

The police must help

The authors of the book, citing the most successful examples solving the problems of homelessness, noted that the carriers of the necessary knowledge and experience are often non-governmental non-profit organizations (NPOs). It would be useful for state and municipal structures to adopt their experience. After all, NPOs’ own resources, as a rule, are only enough to support a homeless person, but only government agencies can fundamentally solve the problem.

The problem of helping the homeless requires an integrated approach, including emergency assistance, work with government agencies and the prevention of homelessness. For example, to provide operational support to the homeless, it is proposed to disseminate information about the availability of places in night shelters, make it easier for homeless people to be admitted to inpatient facilities, and provide departments in them where any person could spend the night, regardless of the availability of documents and condition. Relatively inexpensive and quick support measures could be the opening of free points in cities where homeless people could shower and wash clothes. In cold seasons, it is necessary to open warm shelters, for example, heating points in the form of army tents.

In addition, it is necessary to change the attitude towards the homeless on the part of government agencies. In particular, strive to ensure that the police, when working with the homeless, act as a quick response service and connect the homeless person with help services.

In order to prevent homelessness, it is proposed to establish a system of priority receipt of housing (or rent housing at the expense of budgetary funds) for fire victims and those living in emergency buildings, to control the process of providing housing to graduates of orphanages, etc.

Another preventive measure is to inform at-risk groups about the consequences of losing registration, as well as how to obtain registration. In addition, the authors consider it necessary to reduce the influence of the fact of registration on the ability to exercise the rights of citizens, first of all, on the opportunity to get a job.

According to various estimates, today there are from 1.5 to 4.2 million homeless people in Russia, which is about three percent of Russians. Their highest concentration is observed in big cities. In Moscow today there are from 10 to 30 thousand homeless people, while a number of experts upper limit raise to 70,100 thousand people.

Of them: 8% - former residents of the capital who lost their housing;
71% - people from the regions who came to Moscow to earn money;
21% - residents of neighboring republics (mainly Ukraine and Belarus).

According to experts, all these figures are approximate; in fact, it is simply impossible to count all the tramps located in the capital.

Sanitation

Disinfection department No. 6
Address: Yaroslavskoe highway, 9 (open from 9 to 15, Saturday is women's day.)

Sanitary inspection room No. 2
Address: st. Izhorskaya, 21

Sanitation checkpoints of the Central Administrative District
Address: Nizhny Susalny lane, 3; st. Gilyarovsky, 65 building 3

Clinic No. 7
Address: Nizhny Susalny lane, 4

Sanitary graduate of the South-Eastern Administrative District
Address: Kuryanovsky b r, 2/24

In sanitary checkpoints you can undergo sanitary procedures (washing, disinfection, disinsection of body and clothing)

Dosshouses

For homeless Muscovites with documents (passport, extract from the house register, certificate of loss of documents (Form 9), direction) there are night stay homes (NNP)
The DNP requires a certificate of sanitation and a medical certificate from the clinic or from Doctors Without Borders (on cold days they accept everyone with the permission of the Department)

VAO
“Kosino Ukhtomsky” (for adults), st. Mikhelsona, 6, for minors: Muromskaya st. 1, building 1

Company
“Vostryakovo” (for adults), st. Matrosova, 4

Southern Administrative District
“Kanatchikovo” (for adults), Kanatchikovsky proezd, 7,
for minors: Borisovsky pr., 15, building 3

NEAD
“Marfino” (for adults), Gostinichny Proezd, 8a
for minors: st. Dekabristov, 22a

SZAO
for adults: 3rd Silikatny pr., 4, building 1, for minors: st. Novoposelkovaya, 36

SEAD
for minors: st. Novomoroshskaya, 3

South-Western Administrative District
for adults: Golubinskaya st., 32, building 2
At the shelters and sanitary inspection centers, after undergoing sanitary treatment, the homeless person receives a certificate giving the right to a full hot lunch: first, second and third (in disposable dishes).

Social adaptation centers (SSA)

CSA "Filimonki" (accepts only with a permit from the Department social protection population and in the presence of a medical certificate indicating the diagnosis of the main and accompanying tests and the results of tests: chest x-ray, HIV, RV, hepatitis B and C, diphtheria and intestinal group. No contact with infectious patients.)

Address: Moscow region, Leninsky district, pos. Philimoniki

CSA "Lublino"

Address: st. Ilovaiskaya, 2
In case of a threat to life and health, all those in need are accepted, the number of places is 450, meals are provided once a day, fingerprinting is carried out at the Lyublino police station.

Feeding the homeless at churches

Church of the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian (Annunciation in Shubin) (Wednesday, Friday from 14.00 to 16.00)
Address: Stoleshnikov lane, 2

Temple of the Assumption Holy Mother of God on Uspensky Vrazhek (Tuesday, Thursday from 15.00)
Address: Gazetny lane, 15

Temple Vladimir icon Mother of God(daily from 13.00 to 15.00)
Address: Moscow region, Mytishchi, Yaroslavskoe highway, 93

Catholic charitable foundation"Caritas"
Address: st. Myasnitskaya, 13

Church of the Ascension of the Lord on the Pea Field (daily at 13:00)
Address: st., Radio, 2

“I know that I have created a precedent for Russia,” Yuri proudly told me, “but we are not inventing arboristry.” It has long been known how to help people. We must first of all be interested in their fate, and not demand all sorts of certificates. Then give them the opportunity to earn money, that is, get them a job. And, most importantly, destroy all the paperwork that lined the bureaucratic offices.

Potapenko has been inventing his “forestry specialist” over the past seven years. This is exactly how long the homeless employment service he created existed illegally in Yekaterinburg. Coming out of the not so remote places where Potapenko served almost thirty years, Yuri learned the hard way what it was like to live without a home and documents. While officials from social services shrugged it off, real material support The former prisoners provided assistance, giving the “bro” substantial allowances and giving him a job. Yuri had no intention of returning to the criminal world, but it was then that he realized that it was necessary to create his own public alternative to the clumsy state social structure.

He came to grips with creating a public organization for homeless people when in Yekaterinburg he was asked to vacate a room in the only homeless shelter in the entire city. Yuri threatened the management of the shelter with legal proceedings for discrimination of his civil rights, but the fight for rights began by creating his own labor exchange: he agreed with the foremen of several construction sites that he would provide the facilities with labor. The work team gathered in train stations and basements. He promised a roof over his head and decent earnings, but on one condition: not to drink at work.

Within a few months, Potapenko himself and all his wards acquired their own cell phones- new Russian symbols material well-being. At this time, I first met Yuri in a cramped dorm room, which he rented with common-law wife Maria. In a room recently covered with gold-embossed wallpaper, Potapenko showed his collection of executive ties and spoke with inspiration about the future plans of the “homeless” alternative. First of all, he dreamed of achieving local authorities permission to build a normal rehabilitation center for the homeless in Yekaterinburg. The existing shelter, designed for only 45 people, is clearly too small for a city of a million people. Potapenko’s arguments at that time have not lost their relevance today:

Faces without specific place By and large, no one needs residence here. Officials constantly report plans to rid big cities of such individuals. But all plans ultimately come down to clearing the streets of unpleasant and suspicious individuals. One way or another, the slogan is being implemented that such people belong in the trash heap. Such purges are futile and ostentatious. Vagrants will always be drawn to places where they can earn a piece of bread. These people really need a rehabilitation center in order to return to society on an equal footing. But not somewhere on the outskirts, but closer to the city, so that people can freely go out into civilization, find work and, with the help of curators, arrange their lives.

More than one year has passed since our first meeting, but Potapenko’s dream has still remained a dream. They began to build a rehabilitation center for people without a fixed place of residence in the region, but again “in settlements” - in the village of Lebyazhye, which is located a hundred kilometers from Yekaterinburg, near the city of Kamensk-Uralsky. The homeless are actively protesting against the eviction, although Kamensk-Uralsky and several others major cities The Middle Urals are already included in the scheme economic development its labor exchange. Now more than seven hundred homeless people, arranged by Potapenko, are working at various construction sites in the region. Moreover, according to him, homeless people receive at least $500 a month and are provided with a roof over their heads, albeit temporary.

Potapenko himself again drives around objects in a brand new “nine”, and this is already the second car during his social and organizational homeless activities. But, despite the brand new Lada, the expanded collection of executive ties and expensive suits, the leader civil movement They still don’t like to welcome homeless people into government offices. Tramps can easily be sent to him from police departments or the social security department. They say that the state structure cannot help you with anything, go join the homeless community.

This is the paradox: they send it, but Potapenko’s counter-proposals are ignored. Moreover, law enforcement agencies recently made an attempt to liquidate one of the branches of the homeless labor exchange: they say, what right do people without a fixed place of residence have to work? If not for the timely intervention of the Human Rights Ombudsman in Sverdlovsk region Tatyana Merzlyakova, proactive homeless people would definitely be dispersed to basements and train stations. That’s why Yuri decided to attack the existing paradox with his “forestry specialist”: he made a knight’s move and legalized the homeless assistance bureau. For several weeks now, a public organization of homeless people has existed on equal terms with everyone government agencies rights: has its own bank account, including a foreign currency one, pays taxes to the treasury from homeless people’s earnings, has a legal service and the right to recommend legislative initiatives.

Homeless in law Potapenko really hopes that the legalization of the structure will be followed by the legalization of the homeless themselves, as well as plans for their humane inclusion in society.

Nobody knows exactly how many homeless people there are in Russia right now. Some human rights activists put the terrifying figure at 5 million people, which means that approximately every 29th Russian is a “man of the street.” But even if this figure is greatly overestimated, in the context of the socio-economic crisis there is every reason to expect that the number of homeless people will increase. The problem is aggravated by the fact that this category of people is excluded from the attention of society and the state. Meanwhile, successful experience in helping such people exists, and it can and should be used.

Alms are ineffective

In Russia they often talk a lot about disabled people, pensioners, large families. Whether these conversations are beneficial is a separate question, but for us the homeless do not seem to exist at all. But many of them ended up on the street not by choice, but as a result of some fraudulent actions, becoming, for example, victims of black realtors. They need medical, social, and legal assistance.

Even those of us who don’t feel sorry for “all sorts of homeless people and ragamuffins” are forced to admit that this problem affects everyone. While on the street, homeless people pose a direct threat to others: theft, begging, street fights, property damage, and unsanitary conditions - at train stations, in public transport, parks, courtyards, entrances, and the spread of diseases, including HIV infection. And all this is the reality of life in big cities, primarily Moscow.

Homeless people have always existed, and under different sovereigns different measures of influence were applied to them. At one time, it was considered right to catch “walking people”, make them into soldiers, or even hang them for show. In others, on the contrary, mercy prevailed - the homeless were fed, treated, clothed. But neither carrot nor stick could eradicate vagrancy.

A real revolution in the approach to this problem was made by Saint John of Kronstadt. In his time, Kronstadt was a place of administrative exile from the capital for beggars, vagabonds and criminals. They lived in dugouts and dilapidated houses, in the summer they earned food by day labor, in the winter they stole and begged. Father John drew attention to their plight and began to spend all his income on them, sometimes returning home without a coat and boots.

However, he soon realized that giving alms was ineffective because it corrupted people and deprived them of the incentive to work. Namely, idleness is the cause of many sins. It is much more useful to give the homeless the opportunity to work. In 1882, the House of Diligence of Father John opened, and thanks to this, many people were delivered from a vicious life on the street.

Fortunately, the ideas of John of Kronstadt are still alive today. They are the basis for the activities of Emilian Sosinsky, the head of the interregional public organization for the social adaptation of persons without a fixed place of residence “House of Diligence “NOY””.

According to the behests of John of Kronstadt

Emilian Valerievich fits well into the image of a Russian philanthropist-enthusiast. He told Russian Planet that he worked as a senior pioneer leader at a school and as a teacher-organizer in a club for troubled teenagers. He was also a driving instructor for 12 years - this gave him the stress resistance so necessary in social work. In 2003, he believed in God, took the name Emilian at baptism (according to his passport, he is Emil) and began to serve in the church in the city of Krasnogorsk, where he was responsible for helping those in need, mainly the homeless. So gradually caring for these people became the main business of his life.

Emilian Valerievich spoke about the work at home and his vision of the problem of homeless people at the hearing “Problems of social adaptation and integration of persons without a fixed place of residence,” held on October 6 at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

There are no accurate statistics on homeless Russians even in the capital: the figures announced by different structures differ significantly. “According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, their number in Moscow ranges from 12 to 18 thousand,” notes Sosinsky. - The police put the figure at 40 thousand. Non-profit organizations, who calculate the number of homeless people based on mortality rates, talk about 100 thousand.”

At the homeless disinfection center. Photo: Ivan Gushchin / TASS

The employees of the NOY house keep their own detailed statistics. According to it, 95% of the homeless in the Moscow region are newcomers, 90% of them ended up on the street due to alcohol and drugs, 50% do not have identity documents, 30% were released from prison. 20% of them refuse to work (“I’m not a horse to work,” they say, and, interestingly, just a few years ago there were only 10% of them); 90% do not want to leave the Moscow region: that’s not why they came here. 80% of all homeless people are men.

According to the head of the House of Diligence, since the beginning of the crisis the number of “street people” has increased, but since there are no clear centralized statistics, no one can say exactly how much. But a very dangerous trend is already emerging: the ranks of the homeless are now being replenished not so much by alcoholics in the third stage, but by ordinary citizens who have lost their jobs...

Discipline and mutual assistance

Emilian Sosinski and his comrades have been supporting the homeless for more than 10 years. We can say that they retraced the path of John of Kronstadt, having tried the most different ways help. For example, they fed the homeless for free, gave them clothes and medicine, and provided medical care. But a well-fed, healed and changed person immediately returned to where he came from - into the cold, basements, sewer hatches - and soon found himself in his previous state again. Most homeless people generally consider food mainly as a snack. The task of the day for them is to find a drink, and they will provide food somewhere.

There were also attempts to help people return home from Moscow. In almost 100% of cases, the money given to the homeless for travel was immediately spent on drinking. If they were given tickets, then they handed them over (even e-tickets somehow they managed to turn it in!) and again drank the money on drink.

Someone was helped with the restoration of documents, but after some time the person for some reason was again left without them. They tried to employ homeless people, but after a month they were fired from their jobs.

Providing housing, according to Emilian Sosinsky, is also not a solution to the situation. The homeless were rented rooms, houses somewhere in the villages near Moscow, hoping that the person would soon get back on his feet and live an independent life, but in most cases this did not happen.

The negative experience was taken into account, and in 2011, under the spiritual leadership of the Temple of Cosmas and Damian in Shubin, Sosinsky and his colleagues opened the House of Hard Work “NOY”. An indispensable condition for staying there is maintaining a sober working lifestyle, as in the Orthodox community. Arriving at the house, people get a job, and one that does not require special training and which anyone can immediately do. For men, this is mainly construction and any auxiliary work. For women - sewing overalls, bed linen, making candles.

Thus, people have the opportunity to feed themselves. But there are also those in the house who, due to age and health conditions, cannot work: these are children, old people, disabled people, women with small children. They live at the expense of others, although they also do not idle - they clean the house, thanks to which the rooms are always clean.

While in other institutions for the homeless a person is usually required to leave after some time and begin an independent life, here no deadlines are set. But there are rules: if a person has lived in the House of Diligence for a month, working conscientiously and not committing any violations, they help him restore his passport (for some homeless people, the last document was “sickle and hammer”), and after another six months - registration.

Unlike the House of Diligence of John of Kronstadt, the maintenance of “NOY” is carried out by the homeless themselves, otherwise in the current conditions all the jobs would be taken by guest workers. There are only a few invited specialists: a lawyer, a social worker, a doctor.

Now there are nine Houses of Hard Work “NOY” and another social house for people who are unable to work and live off the earnings of the residents of nine “working” houses. Houses of industriousness are located in rented commercial real estate, and the rent is paid from two sources - private donations and the earnings of the NOY wards themselves. In total, about 500 people live in these organizations.

The main idea, according to Emilian Sosinsky, is precisely that the homeless receive help not with money or free food, but with work. Thanks to community labor, a person becomes human again.

So, there is a recipe for solving the problem: discipline, control, work and mutual assistance with the participation of the Church. There is also successful practice of its use. But for now, NOY employees have to act almost alone.

We need a homeless law

No financial assistance They don’t see any grants or subsidies from the state. “You just don’t know how to win grants” - this is the comment Sosinsky said he heard from one of the officials. Not all government officials were ready to cooperate with NOEM. Moreover, its leader was accused of forcibly detaining people, illegal business and other abuses. I had to go to court several times. Then relations with law enforcement officers and other government agencies gradually improved. However, NOY still does not receive financial support from the authorities.

The campaign “Marble people against hearts of stone” in support of the homeless in Summer Garden. Photo: Andrey Pronin / TASS

The head of the Coordination Center for Promoting Sobriety and Combating Alcoholism of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church, Valery Doronkin, is also dissatisfied with the state’s position regarding the homeless. According to him, so far saving the homeless is a problem only for themselves and a small group of people who feel sorry for them and are trying to help them somehow: “I have not seen the top officials of the state who would go to feed the homeless and watch how they live . If this were the case, our perception of "street people" could change significantly. I propose to hold the next meetings on this topic in homeless rehabilitation institutions. The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection may hold a board meeting there with the participation of representatives Public Chamber».

One of the most important aspects of the homeless problem is legislative. As noted by a member of the Public Advisory Council under the Moscow City Duma, chairman of the regional social movement“Moms of Moscow” Kristina Simonyan, clear the legislative framework necessary to have a complete set of tools for work. Attempts to create a law were made at the level of both Moscow and the entire Federation, but failed because the opinion of the expert community was not taken into account and the bill was exclusively punitive. Its essence, in brief, boiled down to the fact that homeless people were forcibly removed from the streets and placed in special institutions. First, for six months, if they are caught on the street a second time, then for a year, and then criminal liability begins. It’s clear that you can’t bring people back into society this way...

“As a result, 10 years have already passed, and things are still there. Therefore, it is necessary to make a third attempt, and as a member of the Public Advisory Council of the Moscow City Duma, I will again introduce this issue for consideration,” promised Kristina Simonyan.

The recently entered into force law “On social services» does not contain the concept social rehabilitation homeless. There is also no clarity on the question of which government body should deal with the homeless: these functions are blurred between a number of departments - the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Federal Migration Service, the Federal Drug Control Service...

It's time to cancel your registration

According to Grigory Kolesnikov, a lawyer and specialist in legal issues in the field of social adaptation of persons without a fixed place of residence, the authorities often refuse to cooperate with philanthropists. Therefore, it would be useful to add the federal law“About charitable activities” a few clarifications. In particular, that support for charitable activities should be carried out government agencies based on official agreements. At the moment, everything depends entirely on the will of the leader - he left his post, and all cooperation could immediately stop. With a formal agreement, this can be avoided. If the authorities and local government refuse such cooperation, then this refusal must be officially motivated.

Cooperation charitable organizations and power can have different shapes. For example, information exchange. Thus, “NOY” informs the police about its contingent, including about any offenses of its charges. There is also an educational function in this: people know that if something happens they will not go unpunished. In the future, if such an agreement is reached, police officers will inform the homeless about the NOY Houses of Hard Work.

NOY employees have come to an agreement with the Federal Penitentiary Service that the department's management sends information about the Houses of Hard Work to the administration of the colonies, and they bring it to the attention of prisoners who will soon be released. In turn, letters come from the Federal Penitentiary Service to the House of Diligence that such and such a person is being released at such and such a time. Thanks to this, former prisoners can already know in advance where to go after their release.

Grigory Kolesnikov also noted that among the homeless there are many disabled people who cannot receive a disability pension, since this requires a place of residence. According to the lawyer, this provision should be abolished. And in general, it’s wrong that we can’t go anywhere without registration. Therefore, Kolesnikov proposed to completely abandon the institution of registration, as was done for residents of the Far North, who are assigned to local government bodies. Moreover, the Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees citizens the right to freedom of movement.

The hearing participants came to the conclusion that the problem of homeless people can only be solved by creating a non-profit social partnership with the participation of the state, business, the Church and philanthropists. Moreover, the role of the Church here is very important, since religious consciousness, unlike secular consciousness, is not fenced off from such “inconvenient” issues as the lives of homeless people.

Well, “NOY” by Emilian Sosinsky could become a pilot project for creating such a social partnership. Adviser-mentor to the mayor of Moscow Mikhail Moskvin-Tarkhanov believes that the experience of the Houses of Industriousness should be adopted by the state as a main one. Members of the Public Chamber promised that they would try to include a discussion of this experience on the agenda of the upcoming meeting of Vladimir Putin with representatives of the All-Russian Popular Front.

Invisible homeless people

Society cannot decide how to treat the homeless

2011-03-21 /

Marina Obrazkova, head department "Capital"

Not long ago, homeless people settled in a house near the Kursky railway station. Just under a dozen people found shelter. Although, this is a rather arbitrary figure. Because the residents of the entrance were unable to count them. Groups of citizens arrived most often in the evening and left early in the morning. People returning home late in the evening could come across a spontaneous bedroom, while those who returned home earlier could only guess about the newly opened shelter. Those who went out to smoke on the staircase managed to get to know them well.

The intelligent old women living at the entrance were very afraid of uninvited guests and often called both the police and complained to the council. All those in power threw up their hands, saying, disaster, but, of course, we’ll get on with it. Apparently they did, but the effect did not appear. Some residents even invented their own remedies against homeless people sleeping in their stairwells. For example, in the evening before the proposed visit, a bucket of water with bleach was poured onto the site. This simple method discouraged the desire to take a nap near the door in a stinking puddle.

Certainty in the place of residence of the homeless appeared for a long time. Hearing snippets of their conversations, law-abiding citizens were even afraid to return home. And again and again they continued to complain to the DEZ. It didn't help.

One of the ladies registered in this entrance turned out to be familiar with the television crew and told them this story. The news made a story, and then a miracle happened in the efficiency of the work of officials and law enforcement. The homeless people seemed to evaporate, but about twenty cleaners appeared and in the blink of an eye cleaned the entrance.

It turns out that the complaints of residents are heard only from the television screen; otherwise, they take little interest in the homeless and may be deliberately ignored. In any case, the logic of events hints at exactly this.

The problem of homeless people was and is, but if in the West they are trying to somehow solve it, then our officials openly do not hide their indifference and even non-acceptance of the existence of this phenomenon. The fact is that at the end of last year, the Ministry of Regional Development took Russian regional officials to a colloquium in Strasbourg, France, where during the discussions it was supposed to introduce Russians to the Western way of solving minor urban problems. In addition to conversations, there were excursions so that you could see and feel how innovations work. So, one of the excursions was to a settlement for French homeless people. The houses are nice, even the vegetable gardens. Just fairy tale. But the impressions heard from people after the excursion were even more magical. Sarcastic remarks boiled down to the fact that they themselves would live like that. Even the French of Russian origin were not enthusiastic about caring for the homeless.

But the point is not only and not so much in investing in housing for the homeless, but in recognizing their humanity. Yes, sometimes it doesn't simple task, but if they are taken to be citizens of the country, then scandalous statements they won’t even think about physically getting rid of unkempt people (and some high-ranking officials sometimes have similar thoughts). And people living in a prestigious house will turn to DEZ not out of fear, but for help against uninvited guests. Police will respond promptly to reports of incidents between homeless people. Doctors will again treat you sometimes.

Don’t think that I’m proposing to consider ourselves their debtors and pay them off: with housing, money or food. But we need to at least develop a mechanism for working with them and some conceptual values.

In the meantime, Moscow authorities shrug their shoulders and call homelessness a “complicated issue.” In the last census they were even counted; they say that 6,067 asocial elements live on the streets of the metropolis, although they themselves immediately stipulate that in fact there are twice as many of them. That is, more than 10 thousand people living in the capital do not evoke millions of law-abiding human feelings. And stray dogs are pitied more often than stray people.

Source:

http://www.ng.ru/columnist/2011-03-21/100_bomzh.html

Angelina Vovk was able to evict the homeless from the entrance only with the help of the police

The famous TV presenter Angelina Vovk was able to evict the homeless people who occupied the entrance to her house only by calling the police, Life.ru reports.

According to Angelina Vovk, a few days ago some rags and a corresponding smell appeared on the staircase. At first, the TV presenter felt sorry for the tramps, but when their number began to increase geometric progression, she realized it was time to take action.

On Thursday evening, a star resident of a house on Starokonyushenny Lane called the police.

“I began to notice for a long time that homeless people had settled in our entrance, but today there are too many of them - five at once,” Angelina Mikhailovna told the operatives. “It’s unknown what they can do when you return home at night. They’ll also rob you.”

According to her, she became afraid to enter the entrance. A police squad immediately went to the celebrity’s house, and the tramps were sent to a shelter.

Where do homeless people sleep?

The topic about the life of homeless people is fascinating. As I understand it, you are homeless and live below the plinth in your Mukhosransk. I note that most of the homeless in Moscow are all from the same regions as you.
In Moscow they feed not only homeless people, but also stray dogs. Like dogs, homeless people sleep where it is dry and warm - in hallways, basements... True, there are also overnight shelters for them. But there are few such shelters in Moscow. They even feed the homeless and disinfect them. If your life in your city is unbearable, come to Moscow. Join their ranks and you will find out. You will find out what pediculosis is, what complete humiliation is. You'll find yourself at the bottom.
But you still have hope. Experts counted 26 thousand homeless dogs in Moscow, and about 100 thousand homeless people. They say that there are much more of both. Moscow finance makes it possible to launch promising projects: sterilization of stray animals (project cost 1.5 billion rubles), social adaptation homeless people (10,000 rubles per month for each), the construction of new ultra-modern animal shelters (there will soon be 15 of them in the capital - for 30,000 homeless people), the grand opening of the eighth social hotel for the homeless (now there are 1,500 beds in the city for the homeless). 26,000 dogs and 15 shelters with 30,000 beds, 100,000 homeless people and 8 night shelters with 1,500 beds... Why such a strange proportion? It's simple - dogs are not asked for their registration.
Like dogs, strays also look for a place to stay for the night according to the same principle: where it’s warmer, there’s a home. They usually live and sleep in flocks or groups - it’s safer. They get sick and run wild, live short lives and go hungry.
But the difference between Moscow homeless people and stray dogs is that being a homeless dog is cold and painful, but not humiliating. Who would think of accusing a dog of being a stray? And they feel more sorry for them. There is even a monument to a homeless mongrel near the Mendeleevskaya metro station in Moscow. Rallies are held in defense of homeless animals and against cruelty to them. Can you imagine a monument to a homeless person in Russia? But in Poland and Norway there are already such. Have you heard about rallies in defense of the homeless? On one website a vote was held “Your attitude towards homeless children.” Out of 472 people, 329 answered “I don’t care,” 105 - “There was no point in giving birth,” 8 - “I sincerely feel sorry for them,” 5 - “I help them.” But we were talking about children! Adults are often accused of choosing this lifestyle for themselves, although according to unofficial statistics, more than 70% of homeless people would be ready to return to a normal life. According to the same statistics, the vast majority of homeless people are people of working age, almost all have education - secondary specialized or higher.
But first of all, homeless people are people. Not dogs or cats, but people who, unlike animals, have not only thinking, but also consciousness - the consciousness that they belong to the human race.
I hope that my answer satisfied your curiosity. If your life in your city is even worse, if there is not enough extreme sports, if you want new humiliations, join the ranks of the Moscow homeless.

Mikhas

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Homeless people have occupied the entrances!

The problem is very relevant for the entire territory of Russia and it becomes more urgent every year, the harm from homeless people is obvious, this is business card cities and hygiene, (smell, lice, mites, skin disease) this is the stench and waste of their vital activity on the streets, in the entrances, noise and visual discomfort, they are everywhere on the streets and in public institutions, subways and entrances. It’s not pleasant to contemplate them or even to breathe the same air, but what an example for young people! If this problem is not addressed, it will get out of control and could result in all sorts of crimes. Andeven crimes.

If someone says that it’s a pity to take advantage of them, they are people too, then I would advise such “good-natured” people to invite homeless people to live in your apartment or on the staircase!

No matter what money is allocated from the budget to solve this problem, nothing will happen without the adoption of the appropriate law, for example, the fight against stray dogs, money is allocated, vaccines, drugs are allegedly purchased, measures are taken, but there are no fewer dogs!

That's why you need a tough one, but a fair law, if you want to be free, be social, don’t drink, go to work, then you’ll get a roof over your head, for some reason Tajiks work and rent apartments, but homeless people don’t?

The fact is that the psychology of a homeless person denies any social activity, they want not to be touched, and in return they could continue to drink, wander and lead their previous lifestyle!

What to do?

In the USSR, the fight against alcoholism was declared a priority along with perestroika and despite the fact that it was carried out with excesses and at the same time were violated numerous rights of citizens, there were fewer people drinking on the streets. I am not suggesting a return to the old order, but I think that if people lead an immoral, antisocial lifestyle like animals, then they should be isolated from society! With all that list, almost all of these people are alcoholics and drug addicts who have neither registration nor a roof over their heads. Therefore, for their own good and on the basis of the law, (court decision) a special medical report, it is necessary to send such people to special treatment and preventive labor units! To do this, it is necessary to create labor communes where those sentenced to treatment will do work and receive free medical care!

Well, for example, let’s imagine that such a person has recovered and taken the path of sobriety and wants to become useful to society, where should he go if he has neither a job nor a roof over his head.

How can he become social?

We are hostages of the economic course, so it is not enough for such people to be cured; they also need to be trained in professions, for example, why not teach them turning or plumbing, teach them how to do repairs, we already have a shortage of blue-collar professions and we are in dire need of good plumbers and repairmen , builders, etc!

I think that this issue most likely will not be resolved fully and the authorities will disavow this problem with all sorts of excuses and half-measures, which are more likely of a populist nature, because government officials do not have the pleasure of seeing them in their hallways and do not encounter them in public transport.

But if trouble is nearby, then you need to lock the gate!

But the Moscow government has a different approach!

Help for the homeless:

not much "gag"

“Citizens, if you see so-called homeless people in your house, do not drive them away, but rather take pity on them, give them food and drink, have a heart-to-heart talk with them, or better yet, give them money and vodka, they are people too and they have no other alternative , they have nothing, if a dog has fur to keep from freezing, then they have no home, no health, no warm clothes, no mom, no dad, no children, nothing!People are more willing to feed stray cats and dogs, but after all, stray dogs attack people and very often with fatal, and the homeless people are quiet and don’t bother anyone, they just stink a lot, they’re dirty and they relieve themselves in the garbage chute or on the landing, because the trash chute is not convenient “in a big way”, so give them a potty and toilet paper, French perfume and everyone will be happy!"

Social patrol

Today an unprecedented event took place in the capital - an all-Moscow census of homeless people.

More than 2000 people - employees of the Moscow Department of Social Protection and volunteers of specialized public organizations(including Voluntary People's Brigades), armed with the "Homeless Person's Handbook", went on "Social Patrol" to the places of the greatest concentration of homeless people and vagrants. The Department has held similar events once a quarter before, but this is the first time it has been carried out on such a scale.