« Never have there been so many expulsions, » alerts the Foundation for the Housing of disadvantaged – Liberation

« Paris I. Royal Palace. For rent. Coquet, central location. 4m2 (0 m² Carrez law). Large exterior of 7,500 m². Rare. To be seized without delay. «  The banner displayed this Monday, March 31 by The Foundation for the Housing of disadvantaged (ex-foundation Abbé-Pierre) in Paris has something to react. Two cars parked with the open trunk face the Council of State on one side and the Louvre museum on the other, with many luxury brands around them. In the interns, the NGO has slipped covers, clothes and child toys. A punch action to alert the public authorities and the population on the eve of the end of the winter break, which protects the tenants from the rental evictions between November 1 and March 31.

At the microphone, Christophe Robert, the general delegate of the Foundation, explains the facts: “We face an unprecedented situation: 24,000 households, or about 50,000 people, were expelled by the police in 2024. It is double ten years ago. Never have there been so many expulsionswe break the record year per year. ” Before proclaiming even stronger: « I call for a start. Prevention policies are at a standstill when thousands of families do not know where they are going to sleep next night. ” The real figure of the evictions is also undervalued since it is only based on the operations of the police to dislodge people. Gold, « Many people leave before the police arrive so as not to undergo additional humiliation, » explains Christophe Robert. Unpaid rents are the most common reason for these rental evictions. Requested by Release, The Ministry of Housing does not confirm the figure of expulsion advanced by the Foundation but ensures that it « During consolidation by services » and that they « Will be communicated later ». Without making any other comments.

How to explain the sharp increase in these expulsions? For Manuel Domergue, director of studies of the housing foundation, these are « The consequences of the inflation crisis ». « At the bottom of the social scale, there are a lot of people who have suffered from the economic crisis. » The situation is likely to get worse since the number of people in great financial difficulty continues to increase: « More than 1.2 million households faced unpaid energy and were cut off electricity or reduce power in 2024 », illustrates the association who affirms « That the government has aggravated the situation». According to the Foundation for Housing, The law known as Kasbarian-Bergé or « Anti-Squat »promulgated in 2023 and which represses illicit occupations, already has effects on the most precarious people. “The law accelerates the rental and short-circuits procedure for prevention systems already weakened. The judges have less latitude to give families time to repay their debt and find solutions. The government is called to change policy to make evictions an exception and not the rule ”, Claims Christophe Robert.

The staging of this Monday also illustrates the consequences of expulsions. According to a study by the Foundation, a third of expelled people find themselves without any perennial rehousing solution « And this, 1 year to 3 years after their expulsion ». « They go either to relatives and sleep on a sofa, or they call 115 but the emergency accommodation services are saturated. Some are forced to sleep in their car if they have one, otherwise they will spend the night outside ”, underlines Manuel Domergue. “The social and professional consequences are very important. They no longer have social ties. Those who spend the night in their vehicle with their families have no more intimacy ”, he continues. Faced with the emergency, the foundation calls on the public authorities to react and « launch a prevention planWith all the actors concerned. It also wishes to strengthen the aids to keeping in housing and increase the owners’ investment fund, « Which allows them to compensate them when the prefects decide to postpone the expulsion ». « But today, deplores Christophe Robert, It is the firmness that prevails and the allocated means are constantly decreasing. ”