the balance sheet of The mandate of François Hollande in the fight against the poor housing is ” half-hearted “, says the fondation Abbé Pierre, in its annual report. – Alexander Klein AFP
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the balance sheet of The mandate of François Hollande in the fight against the poor housing is ” half-hearted “, says the fondation Abbé Pierre, in its annual report, which was delivered Monday to the president of the Republic.

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Despite the commitments of the candidate Hollande, who had signed the “social Contract” of the foundation in February 2012, and a “legislative activity fairly dense” housing-related during the five-year programme (law ALUR, act on the mobilisation of the land, public law for the energy transition, etc), in 2017 “the number of people facing the housing crisis continues to increase,” according to the report.

More than 12 million people in a ” fragile position relative to the housing “

Nearly four million people are poorly housed, (that is to say, it is to be deprived of housing staff live in housing conditions that are very difficult) and more than 12 million are in a “fragile position relative to the housing” (tenants in situations of unpaid, owners occupying a unit in a condominium in difficulty, etc).

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If the foundation Abbé Pierre is not in a position to compare strictly the evolution, during the quinquennium, the number of poorly housed, it highlights several trends are showing a worsening of the situation : the number of homeless people for example (of 143,000, according to the Insee) has increased by 50 % between 2001 and 2012. One of the people forced to be hosted at third parties rose by 19 % between 2002 and 2013. And the people in a situation of “crowding accentuated” (when it is lacking two or more pieces to the housing) are “more numerous” : +17 % between 2006 and 2013.

On the plan of real estate, ” while the president of the Republic had set itself the target of 500,000 new buildings per year, of which 150,000 social housing units, we can only observe at the end of this quinquennium that the account is not there