Rome sets up two large tents to shelter the homeless this winter

Authorities in Rome have only erected two of the four large tents they'd promised to provide around 250 camp beds for the homeless this winter.

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00:00For the 2025 Jubilee, Rome's city council decided to invest 4.3 million euros in four

00:08canopy structures near the Termini, Tiburtina, Ostienzi and San Pietro stations to offer

00:14shelter from the cold to homeless people. In the municipality's plans, the shelters

00:20should be able to accommodate up to 70 people a day, 24 hours a day. Many, such as the head

00:26of reception at the Miglio facility, have welcomed the initiative, stressing, however,

00:31that this is not a long-term solution.

00:34Margarita from Poland has lived in Italy for 33 years. After months in the cold, she found

01:01shelter at Ostienzi, thanks to the municipality of Rome, and now can relax with a place to

01:07sleep for the next few months.

01:30With around 250 beds in total, the four tents remain a marginal as well as a temporary solution.

01:38During a census last April, during the Night of Solidarity initiative in Rome, some 2,200

01:44homeless people were counted in the limited area. But broader data collected at the end

01:50of 2022 speak of around 22,000 homeless people in the capital. The municipality has promised

01:57new beds by 2026.

02:27For the other two, we will have to wait at least until January 2025.

02:34Ilaria Cicinelli, Euronews, Rome.