Housing: the number of homeless people has doubled in 10 years in France

Europe 1 with AFP 10:36 p.m., January 31, 2023

The number of homeless people in France has more than doubled in ten years, according to the Abbé Pierre Foundation, which estimates their number at around 330,000 in its annual report presented on Wednesday.

Homeless, in emergency accommodation or in a center for asylum seekers, homeless people have seen their number increase by nearly 130% since 2012, the date of the last INSEE study on this subject, estimates the foundation. .

"It's still a fairly conservative estimate," assured the foundation's director of studies, Manuel Domergue, during a presentation to the press.

This figure includes some 200,000 people in emergency accommodation, 110,000 migrants in reception centers or accommodation for asylum seekers, plus around 27,000 homeless people, sleeping in the street, the metro, in a tent or in a car.

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4.15 million poorly housed people

In total, 4.15 million people are poorly housed, estimates the Foundation, which calculates this number based on a 2013 INSEE survey. This category includes people in forced accommodation with third parties (including their family, for those over 25), as well as those living in a place that is far too small or deprived of basic comforts (kitchen, toilets, heating, etc.).

A large proportion of "gens du voyage", suffering from poor housing conditions, also fall into this category.

The "halo" of poor housing, which includes situations of fragility such as fuel poverty or unpaid rent, concerns 12.1 million people, according to calculations by the FAP based on 2013 data. households "impoverished by unsustainable rent levels", people who have been cold at home because they cannot afford to heat themselves, those forced to live in housing that is too small, tenants with arrears and owners in a condominium in difficulty.