In Covid-19 times: stay home! But, where are those who “live” on the streets?

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Ana Paula Cardoso da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Vértices (Campos dos Goitacazes. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/15798
• topic: Social assistance; Covid-19; Rights; Homeless people; Asistencia social; Covid-19; Derechos; Gente sin hogar; Assistência Social; Covid-19; Direitos; Pessoas em situação de rua

This article carries out critical reflections on the performance of the Public Power in the scope of the Social Assistance policy in the city of Rio de Janeiro regarding the homeless population in Covid-19 times. It aims to explain the actions that are being developed with this population and their impacts on their lives, with emphasis on how to make “stay at home” operational for those who have the street as their place of residence and sustenance. Thus, the paper aims at discussing how the capitalist state, in this case the aforementioned municipality, is acting towards this social issue, based on the spread of its accentuated coercive dimension in the scenario of complexity of the structural crisis of capital. This study presents a brief introduction of who these people are and how they are being cared for during the new coronavirus pandemic by the Social Assistance Policy. Secondly, it discusses their main demands in this context as well as the crucial aspects to be faced in order to have access to their rights. It concludes by proposing collective strategies for a more effective and qualified assistance that may provide rights to this population.