Homelessness in France is a significant social issue that is estimated to affect around 300,000 people - a figure that has doubled since 2012 (141,500) and tripled since 2001 (93,000).
[4] And terms in the media used to describe homelessness are formed around poverty and vagrancy.
[5] Some researchers maintain that a Housing First policy would not solve the homelessness issue in France.
[6][7] Some researchers maintain that industrial restructuring in France led to the loss of some jobs among blue-collar workers whose skills did not transfer readily to other job sectors, which in turn led to a rise in homelessness.
[8] Homeless children in France is not a new phenomenon; the writer Emile Zola wrote about homeless children in late nineteenth century France.