The Enfants de Don Quichotte collective set up tents beside the Canal Saint-Martin to make homelessness visible and press for stable housing. The camp invited people with secure housing to encounter the daily conditions of people living on the street, while demanding concrete state action. Its public visibility helped shift discussion toward emergency shelter and the right to housing, though it did not resolve the structural shortage of affordable homes.
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What did Enfants de Don Quichotte use to make homelessness visible?
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The collective set up tents in a prominent public space to draw attention to homelessness.
The Enfants de Don Quichotte camp was organized to make homelessness visible
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Tents beside Canal Saint-Martin made housing insecurity publicly visible.