https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The number of homeless people dying in France has increased sharply with women and children among those who perish on the country's streets. These new figures reveal the extent of the problem. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191030/the-shocking-stats-that-reveal-the-increasing-number-of-homeless-deaths-in-france Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:00:18 +0100 the-shocking-stats-that-reveal-the-increasing-number-of-homeless-deaths-in-france Paris City Hall has announced its latest method for helping the city's homeless population - distributing one hundred "small bubbles" around the streets of the French capital which can be used for shelter at night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180321/paris-to-create-100-bubbles-to-shelter-citys-homeless Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:13:41 +0100 paris-to-create-100-bubbles-to-shelter-citys-homeless At least 3,000 people are sleeping rough on the streets of Paris, according to data from the city's first ever homelessness census which authorities warned Wednesday were likely a serious underestimate. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180221/paris-counts-3000-homeless-living-on-its-streets-in-first-ever-census Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:14:04 +0100 paris-counts-3000-homeless-living-on-its-streets-in-first-ever-census Of Emmanuel Macron's many bold promises since sweeping to power last year, his pledge to completely banish homelessness from the streets of France was perhaps the boldest. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180217/for-first-time-ever-paris-attempts-to-count-its-homeless Sat, 17 Feb 2018 05:35:56 +0100 for-first-time-ever-paris-attempts-to-count-its-homeless A homeless pizza maker in Paris has appealed to President Emmanuel Macron to help those sleeping rough in France just as the capital gets ready to count the number of people living on the streets. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180215/homeless-paris-pizza-maker-appeals-to-macron-to-help-frances-rough-sleepers Thu, 15 Feb 2018 18:01:51 +0100 homeless-paris-pizza-maker-appeals-to-macron-to-help-frances-rough-sleepers Nearly a dozen people sleeping rough on the streets of the French capital have died since January 1st, according to new figures as Paris announces plans to count the number of homeless in the city. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180213/down-and-out-in-paris-11-homeless-people-dead-on-city-streets-since-january-1st Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:35:47 +0100 down-and-out-in-paris-11-homeless-people-dead-on-city-streets-since-january-1st The start of April marks the end of the so-called "winter truce in France and the beginning of eviction season. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170331/france-housing-eviction-renting-housing-what-exactly-is-frances-winter-truce Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:06:03 +0200 france-housing-eviction-renting-housing-what-exactly-is-frances-winter-truce Winter is upon us and there are concerns that the increase in migrant figures mean homeless people will be forced onto the streets. But charity workers say this isn't the case. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161110/no-migrants-arent-stealing-the-beds-of-frances-homeless Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:42:28 +0100 no-migrants-arent-stealing-the-beds-of-frances-homeless A new hostel for homeless people in a posh Paris neighbourhood that was unpopular with locals, has been hit by arson. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161017/blaze-at-centre-for-homeless-in-posh-part-of-paris Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:48:23 +0200 blaze-at-centre-for-homeless-in-posh-part-of-paris It's time for a "radical change in planning policy", says one French charity, after its latest study found a growing inequality across the wider Paris region. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160411/alarm-over-steep-rise-in-poverty-in-paris-region Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:51:40 +0200 alarm-over-steep-rise-in-poverty-in-paris-region Boos, profanities and insults rang out at a public meeting in one of Paris’s poshest neighbourhoods as residents rose up in anger against a planned homeless shelter on their doorstep, which they say will be used by migrants. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160315/posh-parisians-rebel-against-homeless-shelter Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:23:35 +0100 posh-parisians-rebel-against-homeless-shelter A homeless man died in Paris on Thursday morning, as temperatures plunged below zero. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160121/homeless-man-freezes-to-death-in-sub-zero-paris Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:49:34 +0100 homeless-man-freezes-to-death-in-sub-zero-paris Authorities in Paris gave the green light on Wednesday to erect temporary homes for 200 refugees and homeless people in the posh 16th arrondissement of the city, despite anger from local residents. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151216/posh-paris-suburb-to-house-migrants-and-homeless Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:40:08 +0100 posh-paris-suburb-to-house-migrants-and-homeless Millions of French people are living in a fragile situation when it comes to housing, a new report claims and more and more of them are ending up on the streets. Here's a look at some of the key figures from the report. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150203/france-growing-homeless-crisis Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:08:00 +0100 france-growing-homeless-crisis A video of a muscle-bound homeless Frenchman using the streets of Paris as his own personal gym has turned him into an overnight internet sensation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141210/homeless-french-bodybuilder-uses-streets-as-gym Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:50:00 +0100 homeless-french-bodybuilder-uses-streets-as-gym France's second city Marseille has been forced to ditch a controversial initiative that saw homeless people handed ID cards adorned with yellow triangles prompting critics to accuse authorities of implementing a "Nazi-style" scheme. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141205/homeless-yellow-triangle-marseille Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:14:00 +0100 homeless-yellow-triangle-marseille The city of Marseille has been blasted for using Nazi-era tactics to identify its homeless population by issuing them with ID cards, adorned with a yellow triangle. The cards detail their health issues and will be worn visibly. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141204/french-city-issues-yellow-triangles-to-identify-homeless Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:48:00 +0100 french-city-issues-yellow-triangles-to-identify-homeless New figures released this week laid bare the problem of homelessness in France with 454 people living on the streets having died last year. That total included 15 children, which was a steep rise on the previous year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140827/rise-in-number-of-homeless-children-dying-frances-streets Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:40:00 +0200 rise-in-number-of-homeless-children-dying-frances-streets A homeless man has lived in the shadows of Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris for nearly three decades, it emerged this week. His path to a life spent out of sight in car parks, stairwells and storage rooms at the airport is as tragic as it is simple. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140115/tramp-lives-26-years-at-paris-airport Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:07:00 +0100 tramp-lives-26-years-at-paris-airport Police in Paris were investigating a grisly murder on Monday after a man allegedly admitted stabbing to death a homeless Frenchman, before drinking his blood. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131230/murder-suspect-drinks-homeless-mans-blood Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:50:00 +0100 murder-suspect-drinks-homeless-mans-blood