Question 16966 — poverty

Summary

Ms. Anna Pic draws the attention of the Minister of Cities and Housing to the protection of homeless people from severe heat waves. Episodes of heatwaves, expected to increase under the effect of climate change, hit vulnerable people, particularly the elderly, with particular violence. However, homeless people are also among the victims often invisible from these waves of intense heat. The collective Les Morts de la rue reported, on June 29, 2026, more than ten deaths of homeless people that occurred in just a few days during the recent heatwave. This situation highlights the limits of current systems. Indeed, the municipal register of vulnerable people, intended to facilitate the identification of the most exposed people, does not concern only people with an address. As a result, people living on the streets are by definition excluded, which raises a major issue with regard to the need for solidarity. Furthermore, beyond their identification, other difficulties must be taken into account to protect homeless people during heatwaves. Refreshment centers open during heatwaves are most often simply designed as places of passage and do not allow a prolonged welcome. In addition, some homeless people are refused access to air-conditioned places open to the public, such as shopping centers or supermarkets, due to their precarious situation. The heatwave thus reveals profound social inequalities as well as stubborn stigmatizations that run through society and, despite the One-off responses consisting of temporarily opening some accommodation places during episodes of extreme heat, these remain insufficient. They respond neither to the immediate protection needs of the people concerned, nor to the reality of homelessness, even though the mortality of homeless people is as high in summer as in winter and the summer period accounts for nearly 30% of recorded deaths. In Paris, for example, the State announced the opening of 427 additional accommodation places during the recent heatwave, while more than 3,800 people were still without accommodation during the last Solidarity Night and their real number is estimated at around 5,000. Faced with this situation, she asks what measures the Government intends to implement to sustainably strengthen the protection of people without home during the next episodes of high heat, improve their identification and their effective access to places of coolness and suitable accommodation.

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