Poland : Intervention hostel for LGBTQ+ is open and will help people in homelessness crisis

An intervention hostel for LGBTQ+ people has been opened in Warsaw, city's Deputy Mayor Aldona Machnowska-Góra informed.

For the next three years it will be managed by Lambda Warszawa Association. A special hotline for people in need of help from the hostel has also been launched.

In May, the city hall announced the winner of a contest for running a 24/7 shelter and intervention centre for LGBTQ+ people. The contract was signed with Lambda Warszawa Association. «The Capital City of Warsaw is a place open to everyone. We want everyone to have equal rights and opportunities, feel good and, above all, to be safe», Deputy Mayor Aldona Machnowska-Góra said at the time.

On Wednesday, September 22, the deputy mayor announced that the hostel has been opened, tvn24.pl reports.