Las personas sin hogar y el alojamiento precario. Estudio de las pensiones baratas en la zona Centro de Madrid. Homeless persons and precarious logding. A study of the cheap hostels in the zone of the center of Madrid

Abstract

This article aims to describe and analyse the characteristics and services of the cheap hostels where many homeless sleep, as well as the function that these establishments fulfill in the social insertion process pursued with these persons The study begins with a brief introduction that presents homelessness as the most extreme from of social exclusion, and an illustration of how the cheap hostels are frequently used as lodging for the homeless. Next a profile of the position that these hostels occupy in talking about the homeless in relation to other accommodations. Finally, the characteristics and way of life supported by these hostels are described. The results of the study seem to indicate that the way of life of the cheap hostels tends to exercise a desocializing function in the homeless