"Searching for the Grand Paris" "How to deal with housing vulnerable populations around Paris?" -The saturation comes from two issues. First, Paris attracts a lot of people who come seek refuge here, from France or other countries, Paris is the gateway. The second issue is that we are stuck in our system. Over 40 000 shelter places were created during the last presidency. Our shelter capacity has increased by over a third across the country. But it is not enough because people do not leave the system quickly enough. The first reason is that there is not enough housing in Ile-de-France, and it is the main issue in the area. We are campaigning for an increase in housing capacity, but more than that, for a virtuous system which would take into account eviction prevention, our capacity to accommodate newcomers and help them move on quickly. So we need global public policies across the metropolis. Today, most shelter places are still in Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis. Trying to recreate equality across the territory takes a long time if only because, in order to build a shelter, prices in the west are not the same as in the east, so we look in the east. The offer of social accommodation is also mostly in the east. We will progressively recreate a balance with unwavering political motivation, which is not always present. We would need a clear impulsion at the regional level. Locally, selfishness takes over when it comes to accommodation policies. One thing we noticed is that the joint desire from the regional prefecture, from ADRIL, the governmental services for housing and accommodation, from the city of Paris and associations, helped handle the status of 9 000 people from Parisian camps, who we called "migrants" but who were a new wave of asylum applicants, with an actual desire to seek available housing and to use it. In my opinion, today, with a real political impulsion and will, we could do the same thing for all homeless people. Our goal is to aim more and more for what we call "accompanied housing". The faster we can set people up in a place where they can stay, while enjoying the social and medical support that they need depending on their issues and for as long as needed, the better, as people will stay put. Today, the solution involving "revolving doors", in other words moving endlessly from one shelter to the next, does not seem the most appropriate. In any case, we will always need safety nets, as there will always be a minority who will trip and need help to start over. This is why I want to reverse the trend. Today, when we try to create a shelter, we are often unwelcome, at first at least, and then we usually end up pretty well-integrated, with a good and respectful relationship with our neighbors. We have issues until we are all set up. I would like to reverse this trend and make local authorities understand that the installation of a supervized and accompanied shelter is a positive thing for the town. I would also like to point out that homeless people, today, are no longer vagrants who have been in the streets for 30 years. They are single mothers, women who suffered domestic abuse, young people who came to Paris looking for a job, and because of housing costs, could not find a place. There are all kinds of people, most of whom only want to escape the vicious circle as soon as possible. "What separates 'Les Grands Voisins' from other projects?" Les Grands Voisins used to be the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul hospital. Originally, the hospital was still working. It emptied progressively to move to Cochin, on a different site. We occupy two buildings, so we have about 200 places, and a little more in the winter. The hospital will close and we are in talks with Martin Hirsch and Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris. They can either hire guards with dogs for five years, that would be enough time for such a program, over 60 000 square meters and 9 acres, to take off, or they can hand over management of the site to us. Instead of a ghetto for poor people, we want to create an animated place to attract economic and cultural actors and people from the area. Today, I think we have risen to the challenge. The Grands Voisins site houses 600 people, 200 economic actors, from small companies, start-ups or artisans to associations, such as Cultures du cœur or Les Petits débrouillards. We have a lot of associations, feminists collectives, for instance. We are also very open to the neighborhood, since people come take their Sunday walk during the holidays. We rose to the challenge. Our goal today is to occupy spaces temporarily in a smart way. So the question for the future is whether at the level of the metropolis, we can reflect and try to anticipate smartly in order to have temporary occupations which bring with them energies which are desperate to merge together, from young entrepreneurs, for instance. Les Grands Voisins shows that we can occupy an old factory, hang art and have drinks in there, but we can also bring a social dimension and provide accommodation. As we were saying, accommodation is no longer an issue, it becomes one actor among many. Thus, we help people in shelters find their place more easily, while also creating new jobs. And our residents can get these jobs or serve the community, so it really is a win-win.