At the initiative of the Réquisitions collective, 400 homeless people were installed in tents on Thursday on the very famous Place des Vosges in Paris.

They claim the right to decent accommodation while waiting to be relocated.

According to the spokesperson for the Right to Housing collective, France has more than 3 million vacant homes.

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In Paris, several hundred homeless have pitched their tents on the very chic Place des Vosges.

In total, 300 tents and 400 people are installed.

A punching operation organized by the Réquisitions collective, in order to denounce poor housing.

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"It's not easy with children"

Clumped on the grass, right next to holidaymakers, these tents shelter many unaccompanied minors, but also many families. Aïcha, for example, sits cross-legged in front of her tent and cradles Amy, her little girl born ten days ago. It has now been more than nine months since this Ivorian, her companion and their children have had no fixed accommodation. "We sleep in tents in the Saint-Denis canal, the Porte de la Villette ...", she explains at the microphone of Europe 1. "We hope to have solutions with the government, because it is not it is not easy with children, especially when it is dark ... The freshness, the fear, in the tents it is not easy for us. "

Occupation in progress of the Place des Vosges in Paris by the Collectif # Réquisitions with more than 400 people.

homeless people including families with children to request immediate accommodation until the rehousing of all and the application of the requisition law!

1toit = ​​1right!

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- Right to Housing (@federationdal) July 29, 2021

In France, "3.1 million holiday homes"

A right to decent accommodation while waiting to be relocated is what the seven associations present on site are asking for. Among them, the Right to Housing collective, Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, its spokesperson. "France has 3.1 million vacant homes, nearly a million more than ten years ago," he told Europe 1. "We have never counted so many and we have a law of requisition which allows the State to requisition and install homeless or very poorly housed people in vacant housing ". Jean-Baptiste Eyraud repeats it: they will not move from Place des Vosges until these 400 homeless people are taken care of.