Overview
- The La France Insoumise parliamentary leader issued a public appeal on January 6 to shelter people sleeping rough by opening public buildings and enforcing the 1946 requisition law.
- France is experiencing subzero temperatures this week, with several homeless people reported dead in recent days due to the cold.
- The government’s Lovac database lists about 2.38 million vacant dwellings nationwide, including 1.35 million empty for more than two years.
- The Fondation pour le Logement estimates roughly 350,000 people lack a fixed home in France, with about 20,000 living on the street.
- Panot cited a 1999 precedent of roughly 1,000 temporary requisitions of insurance and financial company buildings with owner compensation, while no new government action has been announced.