Paris Mayor wants to open city halls for homeless

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to open the capital’s city halls to the homeless during the winter.

Even the palatial Hotel de Ville, housing the local administration in the city centre, will open up space for up to 100 homeless women to receive food and shelter, she said in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper on Sunday.

Two ornate rooms on the ground floor with columns, vaults and marble floors that are used as exhibition and reception areas will be converted instead to provide meals, beds and sanitary areas, she said.

Hidalgo called for a “general mobilization” to house an estimated 3,000 homeless people living on the frigid streets during the winter, adding that the city should lead by example.

“We must all roll up our sleeves. In particular, I invite companies that have unoccupied premises to make them available,” she told the paper

Journal du Dimanche via DW