The Abbé-Pierre Foundation has published Its 30th annual report on February 3offering an alarming inventory of the housing crisis.
France seems to be pressed in a negative spiral With figures that keep climbing. The number of homeless reaches a new record: 350,000 individuals20,000 more than the previous year.
It is a tragic reality which affects more and more French people every day.
A number of deaths in the street which borders on the inexpressible
Among the most poignant revelations, we find A historic number of deaths in the street. The country had never counted so many lost lives due to precariousness and lack of support.
This tragic figure is added to A series of expulsions which have reached a summit of 19,000 rental evictions, often orchestrated with the intervention of the police. A situation that plunges more into anxiety The millions of French people concerned by precariousness.
An increasingly extended reality: 4 million unaccompanies
The figures are striking. In addition to the homeless, 4 million French people are poorly. This means that they live in unworthy housing conditions, often in squats, slums or precarious camps.
He is Impossible to close your eyes in the face of this situation. In all, 12 million people find themselves weakened by the housing crisis, in an increasingly unstable political climate.
Disabled people: the big forgotten by the accommodation
For the first time, the Abbé-Pierre Foundation highlighted the particular difficulties of disabled people. Whether they have a visible or invisible handicap, the latter are often over-represented among the unfortunate people.
According to Marie-Hélène the Nedic, president of the organization, ” The lack of accessible housing, as well as structures designed for valid people, accentuate their precariousness ».
This situation is all the more tragic as it survives a few days before the 20th anniversary of the Handicap law of 2005, whose promises seem far from being held.
A degradation that also affects the environment
The housing crisis is not an isolated phenomenon. It is also accompanied by environmental degradation. You just have to see the recent example of Two men condemned for having transformed a site of the Calanques de Marseille into a wild landfill.
This incident highlights the urgency of Treat the problems related to habitat from a more global angle. Malgence is a question that goes beyond the simple shortage of housing.
It is necessary to rethink all the home policytaking into account environmental and social challenges.
