Budapest Assembly to Set Up New Homeless Shelter Budapest is setting up a new homeless shelter to house 100 homeless people overnight at a recently renovated 2,000sqm facility... 2021.09.29.
Homeless Hospital’s Evacuation Deadline Extended, Future Still Unknown On the heels of uproar regarding the scheduled closure of a hospital that caters to the homeless, the government extended... 2021.04.01.
Budapest Homeless Hospital Soon to Be Evacuated? In the midst of the pandemic, the Budapest City Council is apparently forced to evacuate a homeless hospital after a... 2021.03.30.
Orbán Critic Iványi’s Small Church Turns to Supreme Court After Gigantic State Fine Gábor Iványi's Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship (MET) is turning to the Supreme Court (Kúria) after the Tax Authority (NAV) debited their... 2021.02.25.
‘Code Red’ Alert to Protect Homeless in Extreme Cold Minister of Human Resources Miklós Kásler has issued a "code red" alert to protect homeless people from extremely cold weather... 2021.01.17.
Low-income Housing Project Made Impossible in Soroksár After Local Uproar The 'From Street To Home Association' would have to step down with millions in losses after Soroksár's (Budapest's 23th district)... 2021.01.13.
Socialist MEP Lambasts Fidesz for not Backing EP Resolution to End Homelessness Socialist MEP István Ujhelyi has said it was "shameful" that Fidesz had not supported a European Parliament proposal to end... 2020.11.30.
Gov’t Office Thwarts Budapest Plans to Shelter Homeless Inside City Hall The Budapest Mayor "cannot open a homeless shelter in City Hall, a registered monument," the government's local office told wire... 2020.06.10.
After Fidesz Protests in Csepel, Karácsony Would use City Hall to Quarantine the Homeless, Causing Further Turmoil Following the 21st district's (Csepel) Fidesz leadership harsh opposition to it, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced his intention to set... 2020.05.11.
Coronavirus Appears in Homeless Shelters, First Positive Case Sent from Hospital before Test Result Numerous residents tested positive during a coronavirus pre-screening at a homeless shelter in Budapest. As it turns out, the first... 2020.04.22.
Coronavirus: Budapest Municipality to Isolate Old, Sick Homeless The city of Budapest is providing isolation shelters to its most vulnerable homeless, such as the elderly and people in... 2020.04.06.
Coronavirus: Opposition Parties Propose Suspension of Tax Payment, Basic Income The opposition Socialists (MSZP) on Thursday called for social services to be strengthened, while LMP has proposed exempting companies from... 2020.03.20.
Coronavirus: Budapest Homeless Shelter Capacities to be Expanded Budapest is expanding the capacity of homeless shelters and preparations are being made to set up separated facilities for homeless... 2020.03.19.
Budapest Assembly Approves Homeless Winter Care Measures Budapest's new municipal assembly on Wednesday unanimously voted to support measures proposed by the mayor to improve winter care of... 2019.11.27.
Homelessness: Govt Closes Down 9 Subways for Nights, Pledges More Shelters The government has decided to extend the opening hours of homeless shelters and create 130 additional places, Prime Minister's Office... 2019.09.26.
My Budapest Photo Project: The Capital Through the Eyes of Homeless People The 'My Budapest Photo Project' installed its mini-exhibition on Madách square for the fourth time, in order to show the... 2019.09.12.
Homeless Man ‘Moves into’ a 150-Year-Old Sycamore Tree in Budapest Péter Mucska, a man from Slovakia, left his family a couple of months ago and now lives on the streets... 2019.03.20.
Opposition Slams Govt’s ‘Anti-Homeless’ Measures Referring to Human Rights Day to be marked on Monday, the opposition Párbeszéd party vowed to continue its protest against... 2018.12.10.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Ban on Living on the Streets Comes into Force As the ban on habitual residence in public spaces comes into effect, left-wing and liberal commentators accuse the government of... 2018.10.19.
Feared Raid Against the Homeless Not yet Enforced by Police Yesterday, a new amendment making living on the street illegal went into full effect. According to Attila Fülöp, the state... 2018.10.16.
Govt: Homeless Ban Aimed at ‘Saving Lives’ Regulations banning rough sleepers from public areas, effective from Monday, are aimed at "saving lives", a state secretary of the... 2018.10.15.
