The homeless are coming back again. The problem is not with them!
They disappeared from the public squares and streets a few years ago, it was a mystery to me how this could happen from one minute to the next. In the evening, there were almost residential complexes made of slightly "shabby" quilts and plaids in the underpasses and elsewhere, and in some places fighting dogs protected the terrible homelessness, and as a result of the promulgated law and government decree, these disappeared almost by themselves.
Not by themselves though. Simply, as has been known for almost 11 years following the activities of the Orbán governments: the will worked. Let's just look at the lines of the decree: "At the request of the police officer in action, the dispatch center will contact the street social work organization responsible for the place of the crime or the homeless shelter organized within the framework of the model program, whose staff member (hereinafter: staff member) will assist in organizing the offender's arrival at the homeless shelter facility for the sake of it, if the offender is unable to get to the homeless care facility that can receive him and has a free place on his own due to his condition." It is a police measure, but it is constructive. It's better for everyone. Commuters are not harassed by those living on the street for their daily - often alcohol - ingredients, - not to mention the sight - and the social welfare system is put into operation, now not on the basis of "if you can bring in the homeless, you can, if not, you can't", but on a mandatory basis must be provided. You must go there, if necessary under police supervision. The capital was also a partner in this, while István Tarlós led his municipality.
Of course, everyone wishes they weren't homeless. This would require a very comprehensive program, since in addition to helping to solve often hopeless situations, it would also be possible to create a chance for many, many people to return to at least the secondary labor market, and later even further. Obviously, this requires housing, incubator programs, and the development of social care, which primarily requires the effective cooperation of local governments, the social care system, churches, and government agencies, and of course it must be acknowledged that there will still be those who would rather choose the streets.
Well, the cooperation is not the most ideal in this regard, especially with regard to the municipalities of the capital and the opposition districts. Better keep the homeless in mind, because, as Bereményi says, this is something of a demonstration. How many poor people we have, the government is responsible: they show.
In the photo of the Magyar Hírlap, you can still see in the footage taken a few hundred meters from the City Hall, what kind of sight the people of Budapest who pass by on their daily errands are forced to face in the busiest part of the city center: discarded drink cans and face masks lie in the grass, a shirtless man is sleeping on the bench, while in the background, someone is relieving himself in front of the ornamental hedge.
Based on the pictures, it does not seem that the Mayor of Budapest cares about public cleanliness or the cause of the homeless. According to the signs, instead of his duties as a city manager, he is driven by his ambitions as prime minister and is already concentrating on the campaign.
Featured photo: MH/Péter Papajcsik
