The elected officials judge that the Minister responsible for housing did not ensure the commitment he had made in September. Olivier Klein had then expressed his “desire” not to see “children on the street” this winter.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
Several mayors and elected officials from large left cities again sound the alarm sound concerning the fate of children on the street and summon the government to act, in a platform broadcast on social networks Sunday, December 18.
More than 3 dodos before winter sir @olivierklein93, more than 3 dodos to keep your promise.
In #Strasbourg… https://t.co/cl9stwr4rz
“Mr. Minister, will you hold your commitment to children who sleep outside?”, Asks the mayor Europe Ecologie-les Verts (EELV) of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian , at the address of Olivier Klein, in charge of the city and the accommodation in the government of Elisabeth Borne. This text broadcast on social networks is notably supported by Anne Hidalgo (PS) for Paris, Grégory Doucet (EELV) for Lyon, Eric Piolle (EELV) for Grenoble, Mathieu Klein (PS) for Nancy or even Villeurbanne councilors (Métropole from Lyon) or Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis).
The mayors judge that the minister responsible for housing did not keep the “commitment” he had made in September. Olivier Klein had then expressed his “will” not to see “children on the street” this winter. According to signatories of the call, “hundreds of children sleep in unworthy and chaotic conditions”. In October, the defense associations of the homeless had estimated at around 2,000 the number of children without a roof in France. 2> 200,000 Emergency accommodation places
Some 200,000 emergency accommodation places, including 45,000 in Ile-de-France, have been made available. The drop in temperatures has also led to the implementation of the cold cold plan to host more homeless people in Paris and Ile-de-France, as well as in the Grand-Est, Normandy and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , while 53 departments have “strengthened” the maraudes, according to the Minister’s entourage.
In Paris, 2,500 people have been sheltered since the launch of the plan on Monday, the same source said. An exhibition center located in the Villette district, in the north of Paris, was also requisitioned during the night from Saturday to Sunday to welcome women and children homeless. Two hundred places are available there. However, these initiatives remain insufficient in the eyes of the left elected officials, who claim from the State a “universal urgency accommodation plan for all children” whatever their “administrative situation”, “sustainable increase” Means devoted to emergency accommodation and “the implementation of a policy of renovation and requisition of housing”.
In October, a dozen left mayors had already campaigned to decrease the number of emergency accommodation places in 2023 and 43 elected officials of large cities had sent an open letter to Elisabeth Borne in November, so that Either concretized the promise to house or host the 2,000 children on the street with their family.