Geneva opens more homeless shelters

Following the outcry of the plight of the homeless in Geneva since the shelters set up for the winter have closed, throwing hundreds back out on to the streets, 200 spaces have since been reopened. The Association of Geneva Municipalities has released CHF 6m for the project.

It’s not even half of the space available during the colder months – then there were 557 beds.

The programme coordinator, Christina Kitsos, says there’s a plan being put in place to help the homeless – but at the moment there are differences between the communes on how best to achieve that. She says there needs to a better pathway for those in need of help to move away from their precarious situation. 

 

More from Bitesize News

  • Bank details compromised

    British digital bank Revolut has admitted handing customer information to fraudsters who impersonated a European government agency

  • Watch theft victim speaks out

    A luxury watch dealer just across the French border from Geneva has broken his silence about a violent robbery earlier this month

  • Crans Montana hearings due before end of year

    Jessica Moretti, who ran the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, is now living in near-isolation in the Valais village of Lens more than eight months after the deadly New Year's Eve fire

  • Better news for economy

    Switzerland's economy will grow 1.7% this year — nearly double the 0.9% expansion forecast in June, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said yesterday

  • Geneva budget plan unveiled

    Geneva has now put figures to its austerity plan — a CHF 546 million deficit for 2027, even after CHF 247 million in cuts

  • Summer fires increase

    Firefighters across French-speaking Switzerland tackled far more vegetation fires this summer than in any of the past five years

Download our app

  • Available on the App Store
  • Available on Google Play