While France is experiencing an episode of intense cold, the Minister for Housing, Patrice Vergriete, announced that additional credits of 120 million euros will be committed to “strengthen the emergency accommodation system”.
France has 203,000 accommodation places. This new envelope corresponds to 10,000 additional places, but “we do not want to get into the game of space because it would almost be in our interest to try to shorten the delays in emergency accommodation”, added Patrice Vergriete.
The envelope will be used to respond to urgent needs, in particular to accommodate women and children on the street, estimated at 3,000 by Unicef and the Federation of Solidarity Actors (FAS), but also to “in-depth reform the system emergency accommodation.