The Minister of Housing Julien Denormandie announced Tuesday in Ouest-France the establishment of a service voucher system for the homeless as part of the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic. The measure will affect 60,000 people, while "almost a thousand" of homeless people have Covid-19.

A service voucher system of 15 million euros will be set up for 60,000 homeless people who have had difficulty accessing essential resources since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, the Housing Minister announced on Tuesday. These checks "will buy food or basic necessities, health or hygiene, in more than 220,000 points of sale," said Julien Denormandie in an interview published in the newspaper Ouest-France .

15 million euros released

The State will thus release 15 million euros to be able to provide the 60,000 beneficiaries, "half of which" is in Ile-de-France, said the minister. This represents a financial aid of seven euros per day per person, which will be managed by associations in the sector, such as the Abbé-Pierre Foundation, the Catholic Relief Service, Emmaus, the Red Cross and the Popular Relief, he said. precise.

"Nearly a thousand" homeless people with Covid-19

According to the minister, to date "almost a thousand" of homeless people have Covid-19 and all are cared for in 40 medical accommodation centers, all over France.

In all, 164,000 homeless people currently benefit from accommodation, also assured Julien Denormandie.