During an appearance on television, LFI deputy Aurélien Le Coq put on the table subjects which in his eyes constitute emergencies.
The elected official cited in particular the aid to poorly housed people, of whom there are 12 million in our country.
The Abbé Pierre foundation rather refers to 4.1 million poorly housed people, but at the same time emphasizes that 12.1 million people find themselves “vulnerable in relation to housing”.
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Elected from the north, the deputy Aurélien Le Coq is annoyed by the exchanges between the socialists and the government of François Bayrou. There is nothing to expect from the latter, he believes, calling for rapid censorship by parliamentarians. At the microphone of CNews, he pointed out the urgency of the situation, mentioning in turn the 11 million poor people in our country, as well as the “12 million who live in energy poverty, who have difficulty finding housing”.
By resharing the sequence on social networks, his official account delivered a more condensed and summarized version. He mentioned (new window) the situation of “12 million poorly housed people” In France. A figure that must be qualified.
12 million people “vulnerable in relation to housing”
The term of “poor housing” was invented in 1995 by the Abbé Pierre foundation. A way, as she explained, of “to report on the housing difficulties faced by disadvantaged people”. Quite naturally, it is therefore towards this foundation (whose name will soon evolve (new window)) that we must turn to in order to have an inventory of poor housing.
In its annual report, it highlights (new window) figures lower than those of Aurélien Le Coq. In total, nearly 4.1 million people are poorly housed, she reports. A total that includes “persons deprived of personal accommodation” and those “living in very difficult housing conditions”. Whether due to the lack of running water, heating, or even because of overcrowded housing.
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If the Abbé Pierre foundation does indeed put forward a figure of 12 million people in its work on poor housing, it concerns the total number of individuals “weakened in relation to housing”. A name which covers the following situations: “owners occupying accommodation in a condominium in difficulty”of the “tenants with unpaid rent or charges”but also “people of modest means in a situation of moderate overcrowding or who have been cold for reasons linked to fuel poverty”. Finally, the “people in a situation of excessive financial effort”that is to say undergoing “a net effort rate greater than 35%, leaving them with a living wage of less than 650 euros per month”.
If housing proves to be a difficult problem to manage for these 12 million people, they are therefore not classified by the Abbé Pierre foundation among the “poorly housed”. The latter – more than 4 million in France – face constraints presented as even greater. If MP Aurélien Le Coq wanted to raise awareness on the issue during his appearance on television, his live remarks proved to be more precise than the restitution that was made. in retrospect on social networks.
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