France's housing crisis: unemployment, disease, communal incoherence.

The housing crisis is a real fragmentation bomb for French society. It is the first obstacle to employment, a source of stress and health problems, and a cause of educational failure. The lack of affordable housing worsens the daily lives of millions of families and undermines their future. It also crushes their dream of owning their own home. The situation calls for immediate action.

How can I accept this job offer if I can't find a place to live nearby? The number of rental offers in France has fallen by 34% in a year!

Should I go to study in exciting programs in the metropolis through Parkusup? The cost of studio rent will eat up 60% of my income, leaving only three euros a day for food...

Should I decide to have a child I can't fit in a cozy room because of the unaffordability of spacious social housing? Around 2.4 million families, including me, have been on waiting lists for years, including 800,000 families already living in social housing.

How to cure my asthma in this humidity-stricken apartment?

Where to shelter if I am evicted because of my inability to pay the increasingly high rent with housing benefit cuts? How do I protect myself when our family wellbeing is threatened?

Despite budgeting for 203,000 temporary spaces, the prefects of Ile-de-France call for those who call the 115 hotline to be prioritized according to various criteria: first and foremost women suffering from violence, women more than seven months pregnant and women after childbirth. "In other words, women with a child older than three months are no longer considered a priority group!" resents Marie-Hélène Le Nedick, president of the Abbé-Pierre Foundation. Here, in fact, is the big picture.

Professionals in the industry are worried

In 2008, President Nicolas Sarkozy urged French citizens to become "all owners" in order to overcome the financial crisis. By 2024, our compatriots are facing the underbelly of liberalism en masse, which has pushed real estate prices skyward and shattered middle-class dreams of owning their own homes. Especially as interest rates, which have made it harder to repay their loans, are rising again. Thus, by the end of 2023, a quarter of households buying a new home from a developer were abandoning the idea.