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Paris Region Activates ‘Grand Froid’ Plan as Freeze Persists

Critics say the response came late with too few places for the thousands still sleeping outside.

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Après le Noël le plus froid depuis quinze ans, le plan grand froid déclenché par certaines préfectures permet d'ouvrir en urgence des dispositifs d'hébergement pour accueillir les plus précaires comme les personnes sans abri, le 24 décembre 2025.
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Image d'illustration d'un camion des sapeurs pompiers de Paris.

Overview

  • Regional prefect Marc Guillaume triggered the emergency plan on Dec. 28, extending day-centre hours, reinforcing street outreach and opening extra shelter space.
  • Additional rooms and halls are being mobilized, with some day centres opening overnight and 60 isolated women hosted at the regional prefecture starting Monday.
  • Several departments, including Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne and Val-d’Oise, activated local measures such as hotel rooms and a 60-bed gymnasium.
  • Police report a probable cold-related death on boulevard Berthier in the 17th, identifying the man as housed at a nearby Emmaüs centre; a cause-of-death inquiry is underway.
  • Medical and advocacy groups fault the timing and scale, noting Météo-France thresholds delayed activation and estimating only a few hundred will benefit while roughly 3,500–4,300 people remain on the streets.