In Amsterdam, journalist Marijn Schrijver said that beggars and people with addictions caused considerable nuisance, and that city politics made too little distinction between this group and people he described as genuinely homeless. He made the remarks on the podcast Politics to the Amstel, while journalists Nicolai Brannan and Dadelief van Dongen expressed doubts about his view.

The discussion concerned criticism that Halsema caricatured homeless people. No further status was reported.