"A homeless man was found frozen to death in Paris early Friday, the sixth homeless individual to have died of the cold in the Paris area in the past month"

I'm sure we'll see something similar in the US, especially this year, as more folks - espeically "first-timers" to the streets- eke out am existence in an alley somewhere....

Sixth Homeless Man Dies In Paris

Posted : Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:33:30 GMT


Author : DPA
Paris - A homeless man was found frozen to death in Paris early Friday, the sixth homeless individual to have died of the cold in the Paris area in the past month, France Info radio reported. Reacting to the report, President Nicolas Sarkozy called for immediate action.
"We must act so that no one else dies of the cold in 2008. It's a scandal," Sarkozy said.
The body of the 55-year-old man was found on a sidewalk in the fashionable Fourth Arrondissement, not far from the Place de la Bastille, a site popular with tourists.
On Wednesday, Housing Minister Christine Boutin had provoked outrage among civil rights organizations by demanding a law that would allow authorities to force homeless people into shelters during bad weather.

Sarkozy said Friday that one could not force anyone to go to a shelter "if he does not want to."
The French president suggested that the homeless person should be convinced at least to look at the bed and food he would be provided in the shelter. "If he doesn't like it, then he can go," Sarkozy said.