{"id":30,"date":"2012-11-20T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T11:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/atep\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2016-05-28T10:36:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T08:36:54","slug":"logement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/actiontank.org\/en\/projets-intro\/logement\/","title":{"rendered":"Logement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2><b>Context<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The Action Tank\u2019s approach of housing issues is based on various observations of the housing crisis in France. The lack of affordable, decent homes is affecting families across the whole country<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency reception is overwhelmed by an ever rising demand to which it can\u2019t bring an adequate response. Construction of social housing has increased, but the offer of social housing or hosting still faces major difficulties in responding to the social demand.In a tight economical and social context, the situation is especially perilous for modest and unqualified persons who are the first to be hit by the rise in unemployment and the development of precariousness and poverty. The number of households living in temporary accommodation has risen<\/li>\n<li>3,6 million people are facing significant housing problems (improper housing conditions, homelessness, lack of comfort..etc) in France and 10% people often renting from private landlords, are impacted by the housing crisis, with rented home failing to meet the decent home standards : renting can be unstable, with soaring rents, hidden fees and eviction a constant worry, which means living in dreadful conditions too.<\/li>\n<li>The rising gap between the housing supply and people\u2019s income and financial difficulties: the housing shortage in Paris region for deprived people, Rh\u00f4nes Alpes, Provence Alpes C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur, the higher rents\/ tight disposable income for poor people (8 million in France) given the importance of housing expenditure (more than 20% against 9% in the 1960s) in the total household budget (largest item of expenditure beyond food, transports, health etc..)<\/li>\n<li>The poorest households are suffering from the price rise, as estimated in the BCG study on the \u201cdouble penalty of poverty\u201d. When affordable housing is not available for low income households, family resources needed for food, medical or dental care and other necessities are diverted to housing costs.<\/li>\n<li>the increasing spatial segregation related to the inadequate supply of affordable housing for low-income families<\/li>\n<li>the decrease of a social balance in housing districts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Challenges<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The Action Tank\u2019s mission is to help providing low-income families facing housing issues with affordable and decent housing, and support their reintegration process<\/p>\n<h2><b>Our approach <\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Our approach is based on 4 principles<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the housing issue is approached from a tenants-based perspective<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 we aim at designing innovative and sustainable economic models by observing the existing ones<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 our priority is to encourage the creation of mixed partnerships reuniting large corporations, local authorities, non-for-profit associations and social housing landlords<\/p>\n<p>This approach of the housing issue is different from the Action Tank\u2019s other social businesses in the fields of child nutrition, visual health, mobility or insurance, aiming at giving poor people access to existing products or services. They\u2019re all based on price cuts to provide high quality products and services at rock bottom prices<\/p>\n<p>These projects are more difficult to design in the housing sector which includes direct costs: but thinking in terms of solutions can help companies with the challenge of costs. It means doing a detailed estimation of what accounts for the total housing costs for tenants (land, financing, maintenance and repair, and usage (heat, electricity, water, garbage collection and other running expenses) in order to offer an integrated service \u2013 what the total housing cost stands for<\/p>\n<h2><b>Our focus<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The Action Tank\u2019s work is threefold<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 social housing construction projects<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 restoring sub standards condominiums<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 emergency shelter<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context The Action Tank\u2019s approach of housing issues is based on various observations of the housing crisis in France. 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