He Pamplona City Hall will be present during all dayand not just at night, the homeless to access the 165 places planned in different municipal resources during the cold snap.
From November 1Pamplona will activate its Cold wave protocolwhen the thermal sensation drops below 3 degrees or there is adverse weather conditions (very heavy rain, snow or other serious natural circumstances).
To this condition, this winter adds the activation of the protocol in cases where the thermal sensation at the time of departure from the host resource is equal to or less than 3 degrees and in which the maximum thermal sensation during the day does not exceed 8 degrees .
For the next few months, the Pamplona City Hall will allow in the cold campaign 165 places of shelter for the homeless in different municipal resources, 30 more places than last year.
The main novelty concerns the special attention which will be achieved, since sand will be present throughout the daynot just at night like until now both to people with more than one year of registration in Pamplona and to itinerant people. This way, “they cannot spend many hours on the street, even on days when the weather conditions are very unfavorable.”
Furthermore, the Pamplona City Hall combines attention for more hours with a component of social support with professional teams“a key service in trying to reduce homelessness”.
He thus seeks to be able to achieve social integration path with those homeless people registered for more than a year in Pamplona “to try to guarantee them a way out of their situation living on the streets.”
Until now, accommodation was only offered for the night, “with little monitoring, which did not make it possible to avoid situations of homelessness for those accommodated”.
He advisor delegated to social action, Txema Mauléonand the regional director Rubén Unanuathey explained during a press conference news which will be implemented in this Cold countryside.
THE Campaign and the possibility of activating the Protocolthat will end on March 31are collection in the Regulatory Ordinance of the High Exclusion Program of Pamplona City Hall and their objective is to “coordinate the technical and human resources which must be used with people sleeping on the street during emergency situations caused by bad weather”.
The priority of Pamplona City Hall is to cover the 165 places existing in municipal resources, “whatever the profile of the beneficiaries”.
The municipal council has 58 places at the Homeless Care Center, 28 qualified in a wing of the Jesús y María hostel, 30 in homes managed by the ‘Etxe Bat – A home’ program‘, 14 in pensions and 35 for familiesthe latter both in boarding houses and in municipal housing. Other resources will be added to these resources during specific days of extreme cold or on days of activation of the Cold wave protocol.
This device “lays the foundations for what will be the focus on homelessness in 2025, outside of the winter months.” The 52 places in the Homeless Reception Center will remain stable resources for the whole year (two more than until now), the 30 offered thanks to the agreement with the Adsis Foundation for the “Etxe Bat” program – A Home” and the 35. places in family accommodation. In all, 117 fixed places for the whole year“that double current figures for homeless shelter resources“.
He Pamplona City Hall I want to bet on temporary and shared-use housing compared to hotel and pension vouchers, “since they are municipal housing rehabilitated with the consequent economic savings of these vouchers, and they promote greater social integration, especially in the case of families”.
That social integration model go to prioritize to those who have more I put down roots in the city and vulnerable profiles (families with minors, women, elderly people, people with health problems), with a increase in places for people residing in Pamplona for more than a year.
The actions of this Cold countryside in these months of November and December they are going to have a grant from the Government of Navarra of 100,000 euros. During this year 2024that The financing thanks to the help of the Government of Navarra will reach 777,000 euros compared to the 290,000 obtained in 2023.
THE Cold countryside establishes two differentiated profiles for the care of the homeless. They are considered people registered or rooted To access these reception resources, those who have lived stably in Pamplona for at least 1 year, verified by municipal services, the Navarrese Health Service and have a reference professional.
In addition to being rooted, to use resources you must be adultnor have a stable income and have no other housing solution. THE itinerant peoplewho have not been in town for a year and therefore without roots, will also be present.
They can only be supported through the so-called Traveling program or in the event of remaining places in those scheduled for registered persons. As stated in the order, they can use the Homeless care center for up to 6 days per yearin several batches depending on weather conditions, and are then offered a bus ticket.
From the Social Action Domain showed their worry for him worsening homeless situationespecially in families with minors who come to Pamplona without a social shield because in other cities and other autonomy they have not found resources to take care of them.”
In these moments, Pamplona They have all places available for full families. As long as there is no space available, it will not be possible to accommodate more families.
The same situation occurs with homeless people who arrive individually in Pamplona via the Traveling program.
Once they have exhausted their days of stay in the Center for the homelessremain homeless in the city without the possibility of accessing resources other than those of the center itself or the street team. The dining room, shower and laundry areas are complete.
These homeless people generally do not meet the requirements to access benefits such as Guaranteed Income or other housing resources, which already have a waiting list even with those who meet the requirements.
