Last March, social third sector entities once again carried out a In these meetings, the ombudsman has detailed his proposal to tackle homelessness. Sources indicate that it is a pilot plan project called Pla Zero Carrer (Zero Street Plan) which, initially, should be implemented in two neighborhoods – one in Barcelona and one in another city, which is expected to be L'Hospitalet de Llobregat – and which sets the ambitious goal of halving the number of people sleeping on the street in just over a year. To achieve this, it calls for the administration, entities, and the private sector to work together, sharing information and objectives so that most people who are currently homeless can move forward with their own projects.

It can take up to three months for a victim of sexual violence in Barcelona to receive specialized care or treatment after seeking help. This is an "excessive" amount of time, emphasizes David Bondia, the Barcelona Ombudsman, in his report analyzing the workings of the specialized service system for supporting female survivors. The report, presented this Tuesday at the institution's headquarters, concludes that the services are not adequately sized to meet the needs of the victims.steady increase in sexual assaults recorded every year "This increase in complaints has overwhelmed the system in the city of Barcelona," Bondia admitted during her speech, in which she called for more resources and more staff to cope. But, in addition, this system is better prepared—or better suited—to assist recent victims of violence than to assist the majority of users: those who seek help months or even years after the assault occurred. The distrust in the system, fear of the aggressor The fear of not being believed, the normalization of aggression, or shame are factors that explain why Less than 10% of survivors report the assaults

Barcelona's public ombudsman proposes that the tourism sector help improve the municipal model for emergency temporary accommodation. In a report presented this Tuesday, David Bondia advocates for a "paradigm shift" in a system that, he claims, has proven "ineffective" in meeting the goal of hostels and guesthouses as a temporary and emergency resource for vulnerable people who are evicted to spend a few months before returning to housing.