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  • Funding Will Keep Women’s Shelter Open Until Spring

    Funding Will Keep Women’s Shelter Open Until Spring

    Funds have been secured to keep an emergency shelter open for homeless women throughout the winter, Fréttablaðið reports. The emergency shelter was opened in April to accommodate homeless women through the COVID-19 epidemic, and was intended to close in September. However, the…

  • Homelessness On The Rise In Reykjavík

    Homelessness On The Rise In Reykjavík

    Representatives of the opposition parties in the Reykjavík city council held a meeting on the “emergency among the growing homeless population in Reykjavík” yesterday, Morgunblaðið reports. The opposition issued an official statement, which says that they are stunned about the passivity the…