Yvan Mayeur, The Mayor of Brussels Resigns Over Homelessness Scandal

Yvan Mayeur, the mayor of Brussels 1000, announced he would quit after revelations he secretly received €1,400 monthly to be a board member of the SAMU Social, the entity tasked with helping Brussels’ poorest and most vulnerable residents.

A SAMU Social is a municipal humanitarian emergency service in several cities in France and worldwide whose purpose is to provide care and medical ambulatory aid and nursing to homeless people and people in social distress. This is partially accomplished via mobile units which distribute food, hot drinks, blankets, etc. Its nickname has been not well accepted because it bears confusion with a SAMU (Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente), which is an ambulance service.

Image: Yvan Mayeur, mayor of Brussels