• The city organized a night of solidarity this winter to identify homeless people, on the street or in squats.

  • The results paint a portrait of a young public, mostly nationals of the European Union with declared or undeclared activity.

  • The operation should make it possible to better adjust the means of combating homelessness.

After Paris, the first city to have used this census method in 2018, Bordeaux mobilized, on January 20, 450 volunteers, 619 volunteers and 165 agents to meet homeless people, in the street and in camps. of Fortune.

The results of this operation have just been published by the scientific committee, involving INSEE, sociology researchers and city services.

“We remember that the streets, camps and shantytowns of Bordeaux are the places of life, in particularly degraded conditions, for rather young people, notes Pierre Hurmic, Mayor of Bordeaux, in the introduction to this publication.

We note that more than 20% of people living in these conditions are minors, and that these minors overwhelmingly live with their families.

We remember that most of the people we met in the slums work, either declared or informal.

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A thousand young and homeless people

During the operation, 599 people were counted in the street and we must add 297 people who live in squats and also have a need for shelter.

The population is relatively young: 69% of homeless people encountered on the streets are between 25 and 55 years old.

In the camps, the age group of 25 to 55 years is the most represented (53%) but there are also 27% of minors.

These young people and families are mostly nationals of the European Union.

In total, 36% of homeless women and 25% of homeless men are under 25, which remains a pivotal age for many public policies.

“Declared work is the most cited source (29%), ahead of undeclared work (19%), social benefits (18%) and begging (14%), details the report.

In the slums, work (declared or not) is the first resource far ahead of all


the others: 58% of respondents said they worked.

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More than two-thirds of respondents (68%) have been without personal accommodation for at least a year, showing that the problem is a long-term one.

The majority of homeless people arrived in Bordeaux without accommodation (64% for homeless people in slums).

Those who say they had a home lost it because of financial reasons (loss of job, unemployment, etc.) but also rental evictions and family separations.

Much remains to be done since "63% of all homeless people


who responded have never been taken care of in emergency accommodation, although this is the main institutional response to homelessness. shelter,” the report concludes.

And nearly 60% of these people are not accompanied by a social worker.

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