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Illustration picture shows a person collecting food at the Openplaats.be foodbank, in Gent. The number of people using food banks has increased. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)
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Each month in 2021, an average of 177,238 people used food banks, according to the Belgian Federation of Food Banks (FBBA) during the presentation of its annual results on Thursday.

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Price trends for apartments in Brussels suggest that an east-west socio-economic divide is a relatively new phenomenon.

A homeless man receives a warm drink and food from volunteers in Brussels (BELGA PHOTO ETIENNE ANSOTTE)
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The Brussels Solidarity Action Reaction (SBAR) organisation set up taxis to distribute food parcels to families in difficulty as well as meals and blankets to the homeless in the Brussels-Capital

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Protestors, concerned with the deterioration of the socio-economic situation in South Africa, gathered in Brussels on Saturday.

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According to the King Baudouin Foundations’ Digital Inclusion Barometer, four in 10 Belgians have weak digital skills and a full 55% do not carry out administrative tasks, such as banking, online.

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Brussels-City has turned drinking water fountains on a little early in response to calls from organisations that work with the homeless.

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The number of homeless people in Brussels has gone from 1,730 in 2008 to nearly 4,200 in 2018. That’s well more than double the number of people living on the streets.

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Brussels’ poorest municipalities are getting poorer, while the region as a whole is well below the national average for incomes.

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Food banks in Belgium are facing shortages of staples such as flour, rice, milk and oil because of problems with the public tender issued for the delivery of goods.

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