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Launch an initiative to address homelessness

The Prince of Wales is launching an initiative this Monday aimed at ending homelessness in the UK over the next five years, Kensington Palace revealed in a statement.

William, the eldest King Charles III and heir to the British throne, will tour the country to launch a project called “Homewards”, with which he hopes to make homelessness “rare, brief and non-recurring” and “from ambition to reality”.

The official note from the palace states that Prince “The intention is to make rough sleeping, sleeping on other people’s sofas and other forms of temporary accommodation a thing of the past in an attempt to emulate Finland, where the problem has been eradicated.”

The five-year project will focus on a principlein six locations, to be announced between Monday and Tuesday, where local businesses, organizations and individuals will be encouraged to join forces and develop action plans to eradicate the problem with £500,000 (€582,700) in funding.

“In a modern and advanced society, everyone the world should to have a safe home, to be treated with dignity and to receive the support they need,” the crown prince said in a message.

Prince William added that through “Home” he wants “this[okončati beskućništvo]make it a reality and, over the next 5 years, give people in the UK hope that homelessness can be prevented if we work together.”

“I am lucky to have seen first-hand the tireless work people and organizations across the industry, the tangible impact their efforts can have and what can be done when communities can focus on preventing homelessness, rather than managing it,” he said.

Guillermo noted that he assumed “big task” but he assured that he is “firmly convinced” that “by working together it is possible to make homelessness rare, short and unrepeatable”.

Six selected areas, including one in London, They were selected after a nomination process and will create models that can be adopted in other parts of the country.

Currently, about 300,000 people feel the shortage living place for all iUnited Kingdom on other nights, according to Charity Crisis CEO Matt Downie, one of the show’s partners.

Among some of the factors contributing to the problem, Downie cites “a severe shortage of truly affordable homes, rising rents, rising costs of living, years of low wages and insecure jobs,” which leave some homeless people “unable to cope with sudden economic shocks.”

He also noted that homelessness “is not inevitable,” but “in most cases it is preventable and in all cases it can be solved.”

Source: Panama America

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