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Wednesday 01 February 2012
3.5 million French people badly housed
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Lily shares a bedroom with her two brothers and mother. Her family's been waiting to be re-housed for 11 years. They're due to be evicted March 15th.
Lily shares a bedroom with her two brothers and mother. Her family's been waiting to be re-housed for 11 years. They're due to be evicted March 15th.
Alison Hird
By Alison Hird

A report out today says more than 3.5 million French people are homeless or live in unfit housing. And more than eight million are affected by the housing crisis in general. As the Abbé Pierre foundation, authors of the report, hope to make housing a key issue in the upcoming presidential elections, RFI meets a family in Paris on the brink of losing their home.

tags : Cold - France - Homelessness - Housing
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