The Municipality of Cagliari is seeking accommodations (hotels and B&Bs) ready to accommodate the city's homeless. The operation is defined as "temporary, in response to a current and documented emergency that is unforeseeable or cannot be postponed and that may affect the health, safety, or dignity of the individual."
The council resolution defining the project dates back to December 18th. Now, the Social Policy Department has issued a call for applications to gather expressions of interest from business owners who may offer the rooms.
The phenomenon is illustrated by the numbers. The available places to offer comfort against despair are insufficient: "The capacity of low-threshold shelters currently stands at approximately 130, all of which are occupied." Meanwhile, "a joint estimate with the associations that provide voluntary night shifts shows that there are currently 80 people on the streets." All of them needing accommodation. For this reason, the Municipality is seeking hotel and B&B rooms.
The cost of the intervention has not yet been quantified. But the department specifies that the expenses will be covered "through the use of funds available under programs to combat poverty and
of the municipal budget funds".
