URBAN HOSPITALITY AS A PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE INCLUSION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE: THE EMBLEMATIC CASE OF THE "ABRIGO" HOTEL IN RIO DE JANEIRO, CAPITAL

Abstract

Public shelters play an important role in welcoming homeless people, especially in the urban context. The capital of Rio de Janeiro, a city marked by socioeconomic inequality and exclusion. The urban scenario coexists with violence and hostility. In this context, we sought to present the relationship between shelter and hospitality, whose interest is to understand the dynamics of the city and the need for public accommodation to ensure urban hospitality. The analysis of testimonies from newspapers was used according to the proposal of Meksenas (2002), for the use of testimony as a methodological approach. With this, it was found the difficulty in building a properly hospitable environment in a public lodging environment, despite the attempt to provide assistance and welcoming, social inequalities are still present in the structures of these places in order to perpetuate inhospitable and excluding relationships.