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‘It’s like a furnace’: French struggle with heat-trap homes as climate inequality grows

Many of France’s buildings are not designed for hot weather – and low-income housing estates are suffering the worst

Living in a sweltering, seventh-floor flat on a concrete housing estate south of Paris, Samira said she was feeling desperate as France experienced its highest temperatures on record this week. “Yesterday I sat down and cried, I thought I’m going to die,” said the 35-year-old single parent and former building caretaker.

Her flat in Ris-Orangis in Essonne is, like millions of apartments in France, poorly insulated and lacking in outside window shutters. “Blazing sun hits my windows all day – I can’t breathe, I feel dizzy, there is no air,” she said.

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Jun 25, 2026 France Europe weather Europe

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