This article aims to share analysis on the ways of life of the homeless. The research encompassed three stages: the first aimed to get closer from the groups of homeless people to map the policies that cross the life in the streets; the second aimed to map the groups on the streets, highlighting the urban landscapes in which this population makes social relations; a third time we talked in more detail with some homeless people about the tactics and gimmicks that they weave in their daily life. Research has shown that the homeless population reinvents spaces and objects in their daily life on the streets, dodging bans and limits, re-signifying objects, places and uses, as well as producing various designs in the urban tissue. The survey also highlighted the practices of intolerance and violence against the homeless population, as well as the violation of their social and political rights.
homeless population; public policies; human rights