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Texto 1
In Brazil, recession and housing cuts push families onto the street

The country’s economic crisis and the high cost of living in big cities are forcing thousands onto the street, said Miriam Gomes, founder of Anjinho Feliz community center. She has never seen it this bad. “I’ve seen a 70 percent increase in the number of homeless over the last three years,” said Gomes, as volunteers buzzed around the center distributing food. “In the past, most homeless were adult males; now there are far more women and kids living on the streets,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

About 14,000 people are living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, a city of about 6.5 million, according to data from the municipal government. That’s a sharp increase over a decade ago in a trend seen across Brazil’s other big cities, according to government data and community workers. In Sao Paulo, the number of people sleeping rough on the streets nearly doubled between 2000 and 2015 to 15,906 people, according to that city’s municipal government. Homelessness in Brazilian cities is generally defined as people who regularly sleep outside on the streets, rather than just those who lack a permanent address.

National housing initiatives such as Brazil’s multi-billion dollar “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” building program, which provided a lifeline to some homeless families, have been cut. “The waiting list for ‘Minha Casa, Minha Vida’ is huge,” said Gomes. “And the homeless shelters are so awful that people would rather stay on the street.” Other public services upon which the poor and homeless depend such as healthcare are also under strain, according to government officials and campaigners.

Chris Arsenault. www.reuters.com, 07.02.2017. Adaptado.

 

Texto 2
Number of rough sleepers in England rises for sixth successive year

The number of people sleeping rough in England has risen for the sixth year in a row, according to the latest official figures. An estimated 4,134 people bedded down outside in 2016, according to the snapshot survey, an increase of 16% on the previous year’s figure of 3,569, and more than double the 2010 figure.

John Healey, Labour’s housing spokesman, said: “This is a direct result of decisions made by Conservative Ministers: a steep drop in investment for affordable homes, crude cuts to housing benefit and reduced funding for homelessness services.”

UK nationals made up the biggest share of the total rough-sleeping figure, with 17% from European Union (EU) states and 5% from non-EU countries. Women made up 12% of rough sleepers.

Rough sleepers are defined for the purposes of official counts as people sleeping on the street and other places not designed for habitation. It does not include people in hostels or shelters or formal temporary accommodation.

Patrick Butler. www.theguardian.com, 25.01.2017. Adaptado.

Segundo os textos, qual é a diferença entre a composição atual dos moradores em situação de rua no Brasil e no Reino Unido?