France has 350,000 homeless people, twice as many as in 2012
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The number of homeless people in France has risen sharply in recent years. According to information published by Figaro Immobilier, around 350,000 people currently have no home in France. This figure is twice as high as in 2012.
This increase raises an important question: how has the situation changed so much in about ten years? The issue affects housing, the cost of living and the economic situation of some households. For the people concerned, the loss of a home can follow a separation, the loss of a job, or a rise in rents that becomes difficult to bear.
Homeless people are not all in the same situation. Some live on the streets, while others are temporarily housed by relatives, in reception centres or in social hotels. These different forms of insecure housing make the phenomenon more difficult to measure and to track over time.
Housing therefore remains at the centre of the debate. Public authorities and associations that help people in difficulty continue to seek solutions to this situation. The next official data will make it possible to better understand how this phenomenon is developing in France.
Sources: Figaro Immobilier
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