População em situação de rua e política de habitação: considerações e proposições sobre essa questão no município Juiz de Fora - MG

Abstract

The homeless population represents the most acute expression of the "social question," a product of the capitalist mode of production that, in its evolutionary process, has increased misery in the same proportion as it has achieved technological advances in production processes. In this context, neoliberalism functions as a means to ensure the perpetuation of the prevailing mode of production through both the economy and the subjectivity of individuals. This guarantee presupposes competition for public funds directed toward private interests at the expense of addressing the "social question." From this perspective, public policies targeting the poorest segments of the population—particularly the homeless population—are increasingly constrained by budget deficits allocated to these policies. Thus, analyzing the homeless population involves these factors as well as the housing issue—which within housing public policies also faces the aforementioned tensions—since the absence of this basic condition is one of the prerequisites for homelessness. Consequently, analyzing housing promotion becomes urgently necessary as an essential element in actions targeting this population segment. In this direction, it is essential to identify existing real possibilities to propose effective actions aimed at overcoming homelessness. One such possibility is to base approaches on existing models that have yielded good results by considering access to housing as a central element in exiting homelessness, alongside continuous multidisciplinary support.