One of France's leading charitable organizations involved in the fight against poverty has given a gloomy picture of the nation's housing situation
warning that the number of people living in poor conditions is on the rise across the country
estimates that the number of homeless people in France now amounts to 330,000
which is 30,000 more than in the previous year
and an upsurge of about 130 percent compared to 2012
underlined what it claims is the French government's insufficient efforts to tackle the issue
reported the Agence France-Presse news service
The foundation cited a decline in access to public housing
which it blames on what it claims are President Emmanuel Macron's poor housing policies
"The gap has rarely seemed so wide between
the insufficiency of public responses to make housing affordable," the foundation said
4.15 million people are living in poor housing conditions in France
It said this includes people "without personal accommodation
those living in a place far too small for them
The number living in poor housing increases to 12.1 million when those struggling with unpaid bills or in fuel poverty are included
which is more than a sixth of the population
and claimed government aid distributed to alleviate the impact of inflation is not appropriately directed
The minister delegate for the city and housing
was expected to respond to the criticism later on Wednesday
Macron said he no longer wanted "to have women and men in the streets
the government launched a five-year plan to fight and reduce homelessness
a report by Al Jazeera last summer noted that French authorities have spent years cutting back on public housing spending
leading to chronic shortages across key cities
It cited an employee working in the public housing sector as saying there are 10 candidates for every vacant social house in the Paris region of Ile-de-France
a company that builds public housing in cooperation with local governments
told Al Jazeera that "more than 2 million people are waiting for public housing"
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