Abstract
This paper aims to clarify policy issues raised by the promotion of the use of NPO sector as a provider of housing related services for the disadvantaged people through the examination of French experience. The “Association”, a major NPO sector in France, has been playing a significant role in order to assist the persons with hardships. It has been supposed that the “Association” might be more effective and economic than the usual public organization. The law of “Anti-exclusion” in 1998 therefore increased the number of measures applicable to the “Association” which set originally by the Besson law. Accordingly, activities of “Association” have expanded, but they tend to be restricted within the institutional framework. Meanwhile, as the authorities depend on the “Association” to accomplish their programs, they are under the pressure to accept its requirements. The present situation poses a question about the role of the “Association” as well as that of public sector.
