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Edition #30 · Thursday, June 18, 2026 · 1951 positive stories
Environment & Climate

French Companies Are Inviting Homeless People to Sleep in Their Offices

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French Companies Are Inviting Homeless People to Sleep in Their Offices

For several years, when Pierre-Yves Loaëc left his office in Nantes in the evenings, he passed a woman sleeping rough in the parking lot near Nobilito, the marketing agency he runs. The contrast nagged at him. Outside, she huddled near a parking garage vent for warmth during the winter. “My office had heat, a kitchen, sofas, a shower, toilets, but was sitting empty all night,” he recalls. Yet he never spoke to her, unsure how he could help. Instead, Loaëc became interested in a broader question:

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