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Caring for the homeless, while maintaining public spaces is a tough balancing act, says Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.
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From serving sandwiches and soup to more than 150 of the City’s homeless and hungry, an effort by local residents has now grown to be one of the most trusted organisations serving the needs of the City’s most vulnerable residents.
This simplistic narrative of helping to reduce homelessness by just donating to one group of shelters is harmful
. Almost everybody seems to have an opinion about homelessness in Cape Town with roughly 14,000 people sleeping on the city’s streets and in its night shelters. These figures are from The Costs of Homelessness study which was before the full effect of the pandemic was felt. Yet there were only about 2,500 shelter beds in Cape Town. The difference between these two numbers explains the enormity and nature of the problem. There are therefore at least 10,000 more homeless people than there are shelter beds and this discrepancy is growing. This means that even if temporary accommodation in a ...