INTERVIEW
Will the number of homeless people increase significantly this year? The Social Samu in Paris has issued a warning cry, while the 115 is overwhelmed by calls from families and single people to the street. More than 15,700 calls per day have been received on this emergency number on average over the past two weeks, 6,000 more calls than last year at the same time.
Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, spokesperson of the association right to housing (DAL), asks the government to requisition the vacant housing to remedy this situation. "We must requisition." We must give a signal to donors, and tell them that it is abnormal to leave as many people in the street or seeking adequate housing, "he said Monday morning on Europe 1.
"The French must mobilize"
The requisition of housing is a rare procedure, which Jacques Chirac used in 1994 when he was mayor of Paris, then a few months after his election as President of the Republic in 1995. "Jacques Chirac requisitioned because there had a social movement on the housing strong enough The abbot Pierre had mobilized and the public followed, "says Jean-Baptiste Eyraud.
"Today, it seems that this subject has been a little eroded, but it is becoming more and more important and touches more and more people.It is necessary that anyone can lodge with dignity, whatever the level of its income, the French must mobilize on this issue. "