Nîmes: the association “Right to Housing” requisition apartments of the SNCF to house 11 families

Najia, her husband and 5 youngsters stay for a month in Nîmes, in an condo of an previous SNCF constructing, requisitioned on the finish of September by the Affiliation Droit au Logement du Gard (DAL).

Earlier than, the household stayed on the lodge, because of the mobilization of native associations. With out these, this Moroccan couple and their youngsters can be homeless.

We galley however I choose to galler right here in France, quite than Morocco! exclaims this younger mom.

In an irregular scenario since their arrival in France in 2016, Najia and her husband had their request for regularization refused twice by the prefecture of Gard.

My husband works, he’s on a CDI with payroll, he was declared to taxes. As well as, our 4 youngsters are at school, they work very properly. The final one is 2 years previous and he’s very sick …

No social housing with out a residence allow

As for ten different households in unlawful scenario, the DAL multiplies the steps with the authorities in order that they’ll stay in a dignified dwelling.

The prefect's energy

However to acquire social housing, the regulation is unambiguous: you should be in good standing. It’s subsequently this sesame that the members of the Gard affiliation have requested the prefect for eight of the 11 households.

We ask that we will take note of the scenario of those households humanely and that we will remedy it very merely and that, the prefect has the ability. He has the discretion, in a single day, if he needs, these households are housed, these households could have a residence allow, says Yves Carel, administrator of the DAL 30.

No expulsion in sight

On Thursday night, the members of the LAD spoke in regards to the scenario of eight households throughout a gathering within the prefecture earlier than representatives of the authorities.

The assembly went off serenely. No person has spoken of expelling these households for the second, nor the prefecture, nor the SNCF (which owns the 2 buildings the place they’re housed for the time being) explains Yves Carel.

Connected this Friday by cellphone, the prefecture of Gard has simply stated that she was going “proceed to a brand new cautious examination” these information, with out setting a date for a potential determination.