European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Shelter he says poverty is not the Only reason Lor homelessness Nuy says the homeless tend to be single with mile education Low social skills and Little Chance of finding a Job about 120.000 of Holland s 14 million people arc homeless he says. Tho situation of welfare Root nuts is worsening and unemployment has risen enormously in the last few years Nuy says adding to the problem Are government Cut in or Nellh rare and a Londene Ninon re Ali rvs to Hori it i i of Only Puoplo Urr Cudy Nood to Nutant he says in Llain have Matis Ticson in honk if Xvi of Ipp mrs Lobo i Ifko Peop can Ilc Ping indoor in downtown Homo or he jelled in Bunn acts Ihn Central railway Lalion f Glor Ircia. Miff of the Nobrt peace i i of. And Hor a Jors of Charity order arc budding a 74 bad shelter Jot the Horne egg inside Vatican City Pope John Paul ii set a Side space in the Vatican for the Sheller. Which will have sleeping dining and Bali my facilities in West Germany and Belgium officials say slum housing is More of a problem than homelessness the Wool germans estimate about 100.000 get shelter out of a population of 61 million but about 700.000 arc in inadequate hot sing the belgians Shell red about 15000 out of 10 million and reckon there Are some 30.000 slum dwellings in Brussels the capital Nicole brass cur who is in charge of housing for greater Brussels says he City is heading for a serious housing shortage. Rents Are representing an increasing part of income for lower income people 43 percent for those earning less than si4.300 a year she says the number of homeless is sure to Rise in Brussels " the belgian association pcs Maisons d acc Eit. Which provides Homos for the poor has about 2.500 Beds while Long established state run Homes have about 700 Beds for derelicts. In West Germany the health ministry says the government spends about $14 3 billion on social programs including help for the homeless. But no specific figure Tor Aid to the homeless was available we certainly Lake the problem of Horne lossless Genously but it is not one of our greatest problems says Eckart Grossman spokesman Lor the family and health ministry in Bonn. The government s programs Deal with the problem Well says Joseph Scheu. Spokesman in West Germany or Canlas the roman Catholic welfare organisation it s generally a Good system which provides an adequate safety net Scheu says Bui As in every system there arc holes in the net " bed and breakfast hotels used to House the homeless line a Street in London. A growing wave of homeless threatens to burst through social safety nets in several West european countries. Historians dispute Germany s nazi past by Joan Fischer associated Pressa bit Ter. Open debate marked by charges that prominent historians Are trying to Tono Down Iho horror of nazi atrocities is ii Pinr Ordinary West germ no the controversy which has h
