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The Claim

Between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, Medellín's "Hogares de Paso" functioned mainly as precarious emergency-assistance services rather than as programs that achieved meaningful social inclusion for homeless people.

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The Short Version

Available 2023–2025 evidence shows Hogares de Paso operated mainly as temporary emergency support—shelter, food, hygiene, and immediate protection—while durable inclusion outcomes such as stable housing or labor integration remained weak or insufficiently measured. Independent monitoring describes the shift from assistance to sustained social inclusion as still unresolved. The main caveat is that “precarious” is somewhat evaluative and late-2025 coverage is not fully documented.

Caveats

  • “Precarious” is not a standardized metric; it is an evaluative term supported indirectly by reports of limited capacity, short stays, and weak follow-up.
  • Several conclusions rest on the absence or weakness of public indicators for reintegration; that shows meaningful inclusion was not demonstrated consistently, not that every participant failed.
  • Some references concern different program populations, especially child-protection modalities, and should not be treated as direct evidence about adult homelessness services.

The Receipts

  1. Respuesta Secretaría de Inclusión Social, Familia y Derechos Humanos al Concejo de Medellín

    Concejo de Medellín

  2. La Secretaría de Inclusión Social, Familia y Derechos Humanos está bajo vigilancia preventiva de la Personería de Medellín

    Personería de Medellín

  3. Informe de Calidad de Vida – cuatrienio 2020–2023

    Medellín Cómo Vamos

  4. Informe de Indi gestión – Medellín 2020–2023

    Transparencia por Colombia

  5. ¿Qué son los Hogares de Paso? Un refugio de amor en Medellín

    Comunas de Medellín (Facebook)

  6. Informes de Gestión

    Minvivienda

  7. Índice multidimensional de inclusión social y productiva para personas mayores (IMISP-PM) - Informe nacional 2021-2023

    Fundación Saldarriaga Concha

  8. ¿Qué es un hogar de paso? Visita al Albergue ARA en Manrique

    Telemedellín (YouTube)

  9. Presentación VIVIENDA

    Medellín Cómo Vamos

  10. problema público de la vivienda en medellín desde un enfoque del ...

    Medellín Cómo Vamos

+ 13 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Hogares De PasoHomeless PeopleMedellín

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