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Emergency accommodation: Housing Minister launches 'appeal to business leaders'

2022-12-17T11:42:48.039Z


The cold weather plan to house more homeless people was launched in Paris on Monday. The Minister for Housing, Olivier Klein, on Saturday called on business leaders to make their unused premises available to the homeless, when they have any, as part of the extreme cold plan. " I appeal to business leaders who have offices, which are no longer used, which could be made available quickly for the homeless ," said Olivier Klein on France Inter. This is an appeal " to companies with u


The Minister for Housing, Olivier Klein, on Saturday called on business leaders to make their unused premises available to the homeless, when they have any, as part of the extreme cold plan.

"

I appeal to business leaders who have offices, which are no longer used, which could be made available quickly for the homeless

," said Olivier Klein on France Inter.

This is an appeal "

to companies with unoccupied premises

", specified the minister's entourage, who added that these places would then be "

managed by the State, and the homeless accompanied by associations and authorized social workers

.

Asked about the association's estimate that at least 2,000 children sleep rough every night, the minister replied that it was "

difficult to quantify

" and assured that the government's "

mobilization

" was "

flawless

".

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The cold weather plan to house more homeless people was launched in Paris on Monday, with regional prefects invited to identify potential places to do the same.

On Saturday, four regions in all had triggered this plan - Ile-de-France, Grand Est, Normandy, Rhône-Alpes - and at the same time 53 departments "

reinforced

" the marauding, said the minister's entourage.

The extreme cold plan is triggered when the minimum temperatures felt drop to very low levels.

It consists of opening emergency reception places in public buildings not normally provided for this purpose, such as gymnasiums or schools, in order to protect homeless people.

The prefects can also increase the human and financial resources dedicated to marauding or to 115, the emergency number for homeless people.

In 2021, the Morts de la Rue collective identified at least 620 homeless people who died in the street.

SEE ALSO -

Homeless: the extreme cold plan launched in Paris, in preparation in the regions

Source: lefigaro

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