the Minister of Housing announces 500 recruitments

The Minister of Housing Patrice Vergriete announced Tuesday, November 7 on franceinfo the recruitment of “500 more staff” at Samu social “for the 115, marauding and day reception”either “a third of the workforce more”. The minister wishes “strengthen social monitoring” to respond to the emergency accommodation crisis, as the winter break begins.

An envelope of 4.7 million euros has also been released by the government to “all employers” Samu social, in the form of bonuses for employees. The distribution of this envelope is not yet defined and the employers themselves will decide the amount of the bonuses, but this corresponds to “around 1,200 euros over a year for each employee”.

Patrice Vergriete recognizes that the 115 does not “not completely satisfactory”. According to the barometer of the Federation of Solidarity Actors (FAS), published on August 30, on the night of August 21 to 22, in France, 3,735 people in families who dialed 115 were unable to be accommodated. lack of available or suitable places, despite the 203,000 emergency accommodation places. “With these additional resources, 115, patrols and day reception will be able to better respond to the increase in demands, they should be more operational”judge Patrice Vergriete, who travels in the evening to the Samu social in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.

“Emergency accommodation must be temporary in nature”

This should allow “to relieve congestion on 115”, the emergency call number for homeless people, but also “better follow the homeless” and their “find housing solutions”. “It’s really a priority”insists the minister. “We went from 93,000 accommodation places just before 2017 to 203,000 today, we can clearly see that the effort has been made, points out the minister. But emergency accommodation must be temporary in nature. The priority is to put people back into housing. It is not normal for people to stay in emergency accommodation for five years. I can’t resign myself to more people on the streets.”assures the Minister of Housing Patrice Vergriete.