Question 5055 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. Auguste Evrard draws the attention of the Minister to the Minister of Regional Planning and Decentralization, responsible for housing, to the alarming situation of many French households facing energy poverty. According to a Eurostat survey, 8.2 million people, or 12.1% of the population, cannot heat themselves properly. This situation is particularly critical in the departments of the North and of Pas-de-Calais which are among the most affected. In 2023, 15.1% of the inhabitants of these territories could not maintain their homes at the recommended temperature of 18 degrees by the World Health Organization, due to the still too high cost of energy, low income and poor insulation of homes for which they do not have sufficient means to carry out the renovation work. necessary. During periods of extreme cold, these households sometimes have to add additional gas heating, thereby generating additional costs. This observation highlights the inequalities suffered by an already fragile territory, further accentuating economic and social difficulties. In addition, energy poverty can have serious consequences on public health, increasing the risk of disease occurrence. chronicles. Faced with this social and health emergency, he asks what measures the Government intends to put in place to strengthen support for vulnerable households and accelerate the energy renovation of housing.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.