According to the work carried out by four institutions that work with homeless people, there are 129 people who make the city’s streets their home, both day and night. Please note, these numbers only relate to Funchal. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
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The Municipal Assembly of Funchal unanimously approved, this Tuesday, the 29th of April, the new Municipal Plan for Homeless People (PMPSSA) 2025-2029. The Plan continues the Municipal Strategy started in 2022 by the current executive and which already has most of its actions in progress. “With five axes of intervention…
The situation of a homeless man who sleeps in a bus stop, as recently reported by JM Online and on social networks, has, once again, highlighted the problem of homelessness in the city centre. Many residents are horrified that people are sleeping on park benches and doorways. According to SĂlvia…
The Mayor of Funchal considers it utopian to put an end to homelessness. "No region of the world has all its problems solved. And Madeira is the same."
The multidisciplinary team for coordination, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation of the municipal strategy for homeless people in Funchal was presented at the Municipal Security Council.
At the end of a recent City Council Meeting, Pedro Calado assured everyone that the municipality is finalising a municipal regulation that aims to contribute to preventing homeless people from occupying, as they do, public spaces in the streets of Funchal.