Overview
- The regional prefect, Marc Guillaume, triggered the plan on Sunday, December 28, for Paris and Île-de-France after appeals from City Hall warning about roughly 3,500 people living on the streets and an earlier refusal based on Météo-France criteria.
- Immediate measures include longer hours at day centers, reinforced street outreach, and some day sites operating overnight as emergency halts.
- New capacity is being opened in shelters and specially mobilized rooms, adding to 46,200 year-round places plus 300 winter and 200 recently added slots, with hotel rooms reserved for families and 60 isolated women to be hosted from Monday at the regional prefecture.
- Departmental prefectures in Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-d'Oise and others activated parallel measures, including a 60-place gymnasium in Seine-Saint-Denis and expanded placements and hours across multiple localities.
- Météo-France forecasts ongoing cold with subzero nights and daytime highs near 4°C, prompting continuing reviews of capacity and official guidance to call 115 to report people in distress.