He Actor Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra They talk with Survivors of Sinhogarismo about what life is in the street and how the solutions offered by decent housing and other programs to overcome it, talks that have been collected in the Short documentary ‘what nobody wants to see’.
An advance of the “Intimate conversations” of the Gere marriage and people who have suffered withouthogarism For decades with the aim of obtaining 37,117 firms, which is the estimate of people without a home in Spain, as a previous step to a mass premiere of the project.
As explained by the home entity yes, to which the actor and his wife belong as members of the Board of Trustees, The short offers “an uncomfortable, but necessary look” Faced with this phenomenon estimated, 25 % in Spain has grown in the last decade and continues to rise throughout Europe.
The short shows the Real and hard stories of Javi, Mamen, Latyr and Pepethat they have lived many years in the street and now recover in a house.
In Spain, the Concern for the housing problem is in one of its highest levels Since 2008; Its price makes hundreds of thousands of people greatly hinders access to a decent home and chronifies the situation of people who are forced to live on the street, highlights the social entity of the project.
Home does warn that Sinhogarismo is increasing throughout Europe; Approximately 1,287,000 people were in a situation of Sinhogarisma in 2023, according to the latest edition of the Annual Feantsa report on the situation of exclusion in housing in Europe.
“When you see these people, what do you think? What do you feel? In the background it could happen to anyone, “says the actor. Alejandra Gere points out: “We know that it is an uncomfortable reality to see, but the answer is not to look the other way, but in knowing closely the reality of these people and acting to find a solution.”
Hogar does bet to offer housing solutions that allow people in a situation of withouthogarismo to recover their dignity and rebuild their lives. Its programs include the provision of temporary housing, accompaniment and support programs in access to employment and training.
