CONFORMATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF THE STREET POPULATION AND THE (DIS)PROTECTION IN BRAZIL

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Abstract: This article aims to provide a critical reflection on the conformation of the phenomenon of the homeless population in the Brazilian particularities, problematize the increase of this population group in times of health crisis, mapping the public policies aimed at this public and what actions have been carried out by the State in the context of economic, social and pandemic crisis. Through an exploratory survey, based on the perspective of Marxist analysis, from the study of documentary sources, this work presents indicators that demonstrate the implications of the structural determinants that condition individuals to street spaces and make them remain in this condition. As we can see, the phenomenon of the homeless population is a consequence of the unequal process of the capitalist mode of production and its contradictory process that determines the extreme precariousness with which these people subsist. We will also realize the lack of responsibility of the State, especially amidst the advance of neoliberalism, with regard to services and programs aimed at this population, especially when, despite the existence of a specific policy for the homeless population, the difficulties in access have shown the large percentage of people who are not assisted by the government.