France endorses housing as a legal right - by Kerstin Gehmlich
PARIS -- Having a decent home should be a legal right like healthcare and education, the French government said yesterday, after a lobby group forced the issue of homelessness to the top of the agenda.
The plight of the homeless has become a campaign issue ahead of this year's presidential election after a group calling itself "The Children of Don Quixote" set up tents in Paris to draw attention to people sleeping outside. The issue has dominated the news and forced politicians from all main parties to promise more help for those without a roof over their heads.
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