The 2008 Roofless Day is going to be celebrated in Spain on November 23rd with the slogan "Not having a home means much more than living without a roof". Spanish Caritas, FACIAM (Federación de Asociaciones de Centros para Integración y Ayuda a Marginados, Federation of Associations of Centres for Outcast Aid And Integration), and FEANTSA Spain (Federación Europea de Asociaciones Nacionales que trabajan con personas sin hogar, European Federation of National Associations working with people with no fixed abode) promoted it to draw attention on the remarkably humanizing meaning of the home as place for growth and personal independence. The role of the home cannot be replaced by anything else for citizens, for it gives them personal independence. The people living in the street cannot enjoy this value. The three organizations denounced that it is often impossible to assert the social right to a dignified and adequate dwelling, above all, for the people with no fixed abode. On the basis of the data made known by Caritas, FACIAM and FEANTSA on the occasion of the 2008 Roofless Day, 82.7% of the people with no fixed abode are men aged about 38 on the average, with the approximate income of 302 euros a month. One third of the roofless people is teetotal and has never used drugs; and one half of the population with no fixed abode is looking for a job. 51.8% are Spanish and 48.2% are foreigners. (To be continued)
