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"Madam President, the problem of homelessness remains unsolved in Europe. The kind of people who are homeless is also changing. Up to now, the stereotype of a homeless person was considered to be a middle-aged man, but now an increasing number of homeless people are young women, victims of violence and immigrants. The most highly visible and extreme form of homelessness is where homeless people live on the street, although homelessness can also take on other forms.
The phenomenon of homelessness is having an adverse effect on whole societies, so despite the efforts of the Member States in this area, it is essential for action to be taken at EU level. The Member States not only have different definitions of homelessness, but they also use different methods of collecting and presenting data. Therefore, for the Union to be able to create a common framework for supporting and monitoring the work of the Member States in developing a strategy for combating homelessness, it is essential to solve these problems.
Therefore, I would like, today, to put several questions to the Commission. The European Consensus Conference on Homelessness held in December of last year divided the causes of this phenomenon into many different categories reflecting different origins. Does the Commission intend, as part of work on the strategy, to present solutions which take into account differences in the circumstances which have rendered people homeless? Does the Commission plan to include non-governmental organisations in work on the strategy, and if so, how? How would the Commission like to involve non-governmental organisations in the fight against homelessness, apart from the measures which these organisations are already using as part of their official roles? How does the Commission intend to measure the strategy’s effectiveness after it has been put into operation, in view of the fact that the situation of homeless people is different in different Member States?"@en1
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