'We need a roof, too': Dozens of social housing activists protest outside gutted Notre Dame to demand France's poorest be remembered after rich donors pledged around a $1 billion to rebuild the cathedral and its destroyed roof.
Dozens of public housing advocates protested outside the gutted Notre Dame in Paris Monday to demand that Frances poorest be remembered after donors pledged 1 billion to rebuild the cathedral and its destroyed roof.
We are here ... to somewhat denounce these billionaires who show off by funding Notre Dames rebuilding, Jean-Baptiste Eyraut, the spokesman for the Right To Housing association, told The Associated Press. In addition to Arnaults pledge, another billionaire, Francois Pinault, and his son pledged 100 million euros for the reconstruction effort from their holding company Artemis, which owns the Christies auction house and is the main shareholder in Gucci.
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