A PANDEMIA E SEUS IMPACTOS PARA A POPULAÇÃO EM SITUAÇÃO DE RUA

Abstract

What are the implications of the pandemic for the homeless? What were the State's responses? Is there a new profile of homeless people? These are some of the elements discussed in this article, which aims to discuss the implications of the measures to contain the pandemic of the new coronavirus for the life of this population group. This is a bibliographical research, carried out in two websites from March to July 2020, based on the critical theory. The results indicate that there has been an increase of those who live on the streets, and their survival has been hindered, given the impossibility or reduction of informal work, their main source of survival. The Brazilian State expanded the number of places in shelters, created emergency shelters, installed sinks in public places, however, such measures were insufficient to deal with the issue.

Keywords

• population in homeless situation
• pandemic
• role of the state