In the Eden Prairie eco-neighborhood, 35 housing units dedicated to business employees will soon come out of the ground. The Duret Group hopes to respond to recruitment problems.
In the prairie district of Eden, in Bourg-sous-la-Roche, 180 of the 250 homes grow like mushrooms. It is in this setting that the "business residence" will be founded by the end of 2019. For the time being, the workers are finishing the construction of a 37-unit building. Before attacking
that devoted to companies, called Sequioa, whose foundations are already apparent. "The marketing of 35 housing starts," enthuses Dominique Ravon, associate leader of the group Duret, promoter. According to him, several companies have "positioned themselves to have a home. "
Signed an agreement with the employee
In concrete terms, this eco-neighborhood business residence allows investors to buy apartments from T1 to T4, benefiting from a significant tax benefits. The owner signs "a nine-year professional lease" with the agency, which will then rent the apartment to a company for around € 550 a month. The latter will thus be able to make the property available for three to six months to workers coming from outside, on trial, on a fixed-term contract or without a housing solution at first. They just have to put their luggage. The accommodations are equipped up to the teaspoon.
"The idea is to have a certain turn-over, so a convention, signed with the employee, asks him to release the apartment at the end of the agreed time," continues the leader. Another rookie of the company can then settle down. "We also offer a lot of services (laundry, reception, cleaning, breakfast, etc.). We do everything to facilitate the life of the employee who arrives ... The time he moved elsewhere and he brings his family, " continues Dominique Ravon.
"Calls every day"
The difficulty of the employees to lodge, strongly felt in the dynamic area of the Herbiers, extends from now on to La Roche-sur-Yon. "Bosses, human resource managers or even temp agencies call me every day to ask for housing. But unless you rent a decrepit property with toasters as heating, there is a shortage of decent housing, " slice Dominique Ravon. Contacted, the hospital seems to discover this project and adds: "We are however very interested for doctors and medical staff. We already rent in different places ... "
Bend over backwards to find recruits
The City is closely following this solution, especially as other developers have also felt the vein on the city. "Our territory has an extremely low unemployment rate" (note: 7.2%), observes Malik Abdallah, elected to urban planning. And the shortage of workers - we see it through the multiplication of job offers - leads businesses to bowing. To bend over, not to lose the rare pearl. "The profile of the employees who will be housed goes from the worker to the chain to the engineer of a large company," said Dominique Ravon. This promoter, long-established in La Roche-sur-Yon, sees in this formula a means of diversification, at a time when the city leaves the Pinel system. "We then want to duplicate these residences on Challans, Les Herbiers, Montaigu ..." .