Overview
- Provincial and municipal teams distributed 800 hot meals, blankets, winter kits and hot drinks and increased nocturnal outreach to offer voluntary shelter to people on the street.
- The Municipality of Rosario estimates between 900 and 1,000 people are currently in street situations and received about 1,500 help requests in the past month, a 60% rise from May 2025.
- City refuge sites and charity-run spaces are operating at or near capacity and staff say they must reorganize daily to receive new arrivals while some people refuse shelter because of rules or personal reasons.
- San Isidro launched its Operativo Frío at Espacio Papa Francisco to provide transport to intake, evening meals, breakfasts, clothing and casework through technical teams and street operators.
- Authorities link the surge in visible homelessness to longer-term drivers such as economic strain, post-pandemic social and mental health effects and substance use, creating pressure to move from short-term relief to sustained reintegration efforts.