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de ambition te make de Netherlands completely free of homelessness bij het jaar 2030 turns out te be unfeasible.
de minister Sterk indicates dat hij willen te face reality.
In de National Action Plan on Homelessness, de previous Rutte cabinet had intended te have niet homeless de mens bij 2030.
However, dit goal will niet be achieved, confirmed de current de minister voor Long-term Care during a debate in de House of Representatives.
Nevertheless, de government continues te commit te significantly reducing de number of homeless de mens.
"We continue te commit ourselves.
maar de problem is enormously persistent."
de minister had already informed de House in a letter, much te de surprise of some MPs, dat het doel of zero homelessness would be abandoned.
"vanaf dit cabinet, I expected urgent action, maar what I zien is a lack of interest," said SP MP Beckerman.
MPs vanaf, tussen others, Pro en de Christian Union are concerned dat zonder dit ambition, de real goals de cabinet remain unclear.
D66 en CDA, part de coalition, ook demand clarification of de minister Sterk's decision.
33,000 de mens zonder a permanent residence de minister Sterk assured de House of Representatives dat existing action plans, aimed bij arranging suitable housing en preventing homelessness, will be continued.
Currently, approximately 33,000 de mens in de Netherlands aged 18 te 65 have niet permanent residence.
dit figure kunnen actually be higher, as het is unclear hoe meer de mens find shelter bij friends or family.
de majority of dit group is in urban areas, where money kunnen be earned meer quickly.
Urgency voor additional resources de debate prompted de mayors de four major cities, along bij support vanaf 40 other groot municipalities, te send an urgent letter te de House of Representatives.
ze are calling voor an additional investment of 100 million euros vanaf de national government voor social shelters, meer emergency accommodation voor homeless families, en medical treatment voor addictions te crack en cocaine.
Due te de housing shortage, waiting times in mental health care, en an increase in homeless migrant workers, 'humane accommodation' is worden increasingly difficult te achieve, resulting in tent camps en disturbances.
Councilor Arjen Dubbelaar de Hague, responsible voor social shelter, states dat daar is a shortfall of 14 million euros te realize good accommodation.
"de shortfall is maar getting bigger.
We do niet willen de mens sleeping in parks, maar our shelters are completely full," hij adds.
Nonetheless, additional funding does niet seem te be on de horizon voor de time being, according te de minister Sterk.
de House first willen insight into de current spending de funds provided te de municipalities; much over dit spending remains unclear.
