Aid organizations across the country are reporting a growing influx of people in financial need. The Tyrolean Alliance against Poverty demands a showdown from the future state government. Particularly in the area of housing, rapid action is required.
More than 300 institutions – from homeless associations to youth relief centers and church institutions – make up the Tyrolean “Alliance against Poverty and Housing Deprivation”, founded in 2017. Four representatives sat in front of the assembled press on Thursday and gave insight into a dramatic development: they spoke about more and more Tyrolean families who are no longer able to pay their rent despite state support. Of children and adults who wait in vain for a much-needed therapy place.
They tell about homeless women with children. Last year, 314 women and 79 children were registered as homeless with the Dowas for Women association. “The trend is rising,” confirms the club’s general manager, Julia Schratz.
exploding costs
“Many people in the country are afraid of winter and don’t know how to deal with the exploding costs,” Simone Rabl, representative of Diakonie, summed up the vote. The situation is particularly precarious for people without a social network and for migrants.
Four spearheads as a mandate to politicians
The alliance sees an urgent need for action on housing, childcare, health care and livelihoods against a backdrop of inflation. Ludwig Plangger of the umbrella organization for people with disabilities speaks of an “urgently necessary effort”. The new state government needs a clear commitment to fight poverty. In Tyrol, too, poverty has long ceased to be an afterthought.
For a social plan and quick help with housing costs
Among other things, the alliance calls for a multi-year social plan and the involvement of aid organizations in the ongoing planning. Poverty reduction must be enshrined as an important goal in all departments. Marion Kapferer of the Dowas association calls the increase in the housing costs scheme to the real rents and an increase in the rent allowance as an urgently necessary concrete measure: “Otherwise it will no longer work for many.”
Source: Krone
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