The cats of Victoria Azevedo stand inside her improvised home built on an empty lot on the bank of a water canal in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. “It's dangerous,” said the Chilean homeless mother of two about life on the streets. “If you are a woman and have children, it’s worse.” (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Homeless person Paris Lopez, right, talks with a member of the NGO Diverse Action before they meet with a city council member in Santiago, Chile, Monday, April 29, 2024. Lopez, a Chilean trans woman, is meeting with the city worker to complain that police confiscate her tent and blankets, as well as her HIV medication, while she sleeps in public spaces. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Chilean homeless transgender women Moka Valdes, left, and Paris Lopez, standing center, meet with a member of a city councilperson's staff, second from left, and a trans activist Victor Hugo Robles about how they are treated by police when they use public spaces in Santiago, Chile, Monday, April 29, 2024. Lopez said police confiscate her tent and blankets, as well as her HIV medication, while she sleeps in public spaces, and Valdes said she became homeless the previous year after losing her job. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Barbers from the "Peluqueria Francesa" or French Hair Salon, sit outside their workplace in the Yungay neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, June 6, 2024. Yungay is a neighborhood with a mix of historic buildings, baroque facades and modern restaurants, and has also become a popular spot for the homeless. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Sebastian, the son of Venezuelan migrant couple Karen Salazar and Luis Henrique, runs inside the shelter "Nuestra Casa" or Our Home in the Yungay neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, Thursday, May 30, 2024. After fleeing Venezuela and finding life as a migrant intolerable in Colombia and then Ecuador, Sebastian's family migrated to Chile. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Volunteers from the Nuestra Casa shelter hand out sandwiches and tea to the homeless in the Yungay neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, June 6, 2024. Over the last four years, the rate of homelessness in one of South America's richest economies has jumped more than 30%. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Venezuelan migrant couple Karen Salazar, second from right, and Luis Henrique, center, play with their children Malin and Sebastian at the shelter "Nuestra Casa" our Our Home in the Yungay neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, Thursday, May 30, 2024. After fleeing Venezuela and finding life as a migrant intolerable in Colombia and then Ecuador, the family migrated to Chile. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A homeless man rests at the entrance to the shelter "Hogar de Cristo," or Christ's Home in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The words in Spanish read "Solidarity. Love. Dreams. Joy." (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A homeless Chilean man who gave his name as Jose collects items, such as metal, from the El Zanjón de la Aguada water canal, in hopes of reselling it in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Over the last four years, the rate of homelessness in one of South America's richest economies has jumped more than 30%. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Store workers talk inside a vinyl record shop in the Yungay neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, June 6, 2024. A shelter for the homeless is located on the same block, and the presidential residence is across the street, where metal barriers are set up to block cars. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)