Cold snap The extreme cold plan is triggered when the minimum temperatures felt drop to very low levels, close to -18 degrees
A homeless person with his dog, in Paris, January 15, 2019. — Clement Follain/20 Minutes
The thermometer has been biting in recent days in France. The extreme cold plan to accommodate more homeless people has been launched to Paris this Monday, the prefects in the region being invited to identify potential places to do the same. “This Monday, December 12 at 4 p.m., due to the winter temperatures, the very cold plan was canceled. triggered to Paris” the prefecture of Ile-de-France.
The extreme cold plan is triggered; by the State when the minimum temperatures felt drop to very low levels, close to -18 degrees. It consists of; open emergency reception places in public buildings not planned for this effect normally, such as gymnasiums or schools, in order to protect homeless people.
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Negative minimum temperatures
The prefects can also increase the human and financial resources dedicated to patrols or to 115, the emergency number for homeless people. Tuesday, Météo-France predicts negative minimum temperatures in Ile-de-France, in Hauts-de-France and Grand-Est in particular, after several days of high temperatures lower than seasonal norms.
“As of Saturday 10 December, additional places have been made available. open to Paris to accommodate people reported during marauding or by 115”, indicates the prefecture of Ile-de-France, without specifying the exact number of open places. Thirty places have been opened in the premises of the prefecture “to accommodate isolated women” and “one hundred” additional benefits for “women, families and single men” should be “in the next few hours”, according to the prefecture.
“Everything in good condition”
The Minister Delegate to the City and housing, Olivier Klein, on his side; asked the prefects to identify the buildings to be even to offer temporary accommodation places, in addition to the approximately 198,000 available in the country. “I ask the regional prefects (…) to analyze all the vacant sites in their territories, based on the list updated. disposal by the State Real Estate Department. You will inform me before this Friday of the possibilities of exceptional use of these sites,” he wrote in a letter.
Affected buildings are “anything in fair condition, with capacity to restart the heating and who is available,” The Minister. “And possibly other buildings that are not public but could be useful and requisitioned,” he added. In 2021, the collective Morts de la Rue identified at least 620 homeless people died in the street.