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No person should be forced to live and sleep rough on the streets in 21^st Century Europe.

Yet, homelessness is growing in most EU Member States and it is estimated that approximately 4 million people experience homelessness on our continent every year.

Homelessness is a complex and multi-dimensional problem affecting all sections of society including women, survivors of abuse, young people, migrants, members of the LGBTI community, people with disabilities and many more. Those who are homeless represent some of the most marginalized and vulnerable people in Europe and often possess complex needs, are difficult for social services to reach out to, face significant obstacles to accessing healthcare and generally suffer an infringement of their basic human rights.

Last month the European Parliament launched a Written Declaration calling for an EU Action Plan to End Homelessness in the EU.

Together with our member FEANTSA, as Social Platform we support and actively promote this declaration, which provides an opportunity to ensure that the most vulnerable and socially excluded members of our society are included in EU policy formation.

Ending homelessness is a realistic and achievable policy goal but will require action and a commitment from EU policy makers.

At Social Platform, we will continue to work for that.

If you want, you can support this campaign by tweeting #endhomelessness