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Malmö shelter provides warmth and meals for homeless amid rising numbers

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Malmö shelter provides warmth and meals for homeless amid rising numbers
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  • A Malmö shelter offers warmth and meals to about 75 homeless people nightly amid rising homelessness.
  • Homelessness in Malmö increased by 14.4% in 2025, highlighting a growing need for such services.
  • The shelter, funded by the city and run by charities, serves as an acute winter solution since 2015.

A shelter in Malmö provides warmth, a pillow, a blanket, and a warm meal to those without a roof over their heads who otherwise risk freezing on the street. The hut functions as a necessary refuge for about 75 homeless people each night, in the middle of a city where the number of homeless continues to increase. m.

Staff and volunteers helped them with bags and other belongings and showed them to the rest room. There is also a night café where those who cannot sleep during the night can sit and play games or talk with the staff, and they get something to eat if they become hungry. 4 percent compared to the year before.

Those who come to us carry different types of baggage; it's about addiction, mental illness, prostitution, poverty, or a combination of these factors.

Ronnie Kronblad, Operations manager for Värmestugan Malmö

Some visitors come to warm up after a long day outside, they get a meal and then leave, while others stay the whole night and sleep. Värmestuga Malmö is run this season in collaboration between the Malmö district of the Swedish Red Cross, Skåne Stadsmission, and the Swedish Church Malmö, with funding from Malmö city's labor market and social administration. This place has existed since 2015 and is seen as an acute solution during the winter for those who are homeless and lack a place to sleep.

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