Illustration of an HLM bar housing social housing, here in the Villejean district, in Rennes.

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C. Allain / APEI / 20 Minutes

  • The Council of State confirmed Monday the fine of 30,000 euros sent by the Cnil to Archipel Habitat, the public housing office of Rennes Métropole.

  • In 2017, the lessor, chaired by the current mayor of Rennes, sent a letter criticizing the government's policy to its tenants.

  • The elected opposition Charles Compagnon wants Nathalie Appéré to reimburse the fine "out of these personal funds".

Archipel Habitat will have to proceed to the cash register.

The Council of State confirmed Monday the fine of 30,000 euros imposed by the National Commission for Informatics and Freedom (Cnil) on the Public Housing Office (OPH) of Rennes Métropole for misuse of its tenant file.

In October 2017, the president of the OPH and current mayor of Rennes Nathalie Appéré sent a letter to all Rennes residents of social housing in order to criticize the government decision to reduce the amount of government housing assistance.

In its decision, the Council of State rejected the request of the OPH of Rennes Métropole.

"In view of the intentional nature of the use of personal data of tenants of social housing for a purpose not in accordance with the purposes of the processing (...) the CNIL has not imposed a disproportionate sanction on the public housing office" , estimated the Council of State.

"It also results from the instruction that this letter includes (...) a call for the mobilization of tenants against the reform project", also noted the highest French administrative court.

The opposition wants the mayor to pay the fine "out of his personal funds"

In a statement, the opposition elected Charles Compagnon (various right) demanded that it is the mayor of Rennes who settles this fine "on these personal funds".

“In 2017, Nathalie Appéré sent more than 2,500 letters to the tenants of Archipel Habitat.

The letter in question did not relate to information or to the management of the social housing stock.

The current mayor of Rennes has allowed himself (

sic

) to use the file of tenants and the financial resources of Archipel Habitat for the sole purpose of giving his personal point of view on the housing policy carried out by the government ” , estimated Charles Compagnon.

In 2018, the organization in question, Archipel Habitat, seized the Council of State to contest the decision of the CNIL, saying in a press release that it had simply "informed its tenants, in accordance with its commitments, of the consequences of the new policy national housing on their living environment ”.

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