Seeing their home squatted is a concern for many owners of vacant homes.
As Le Figaro
reveals
, some have found a solution by using the services of “protection by occupation” companies.
The principle ?
Accept that "temporary residents" settle in the house, to prevent it from being squatted or even degraded.
Main or secondary residences, offices, any type of building can benefit from it.
“Disposable tenants”
Generally, “temporary residents” are offered a lease of between two and eighteen months, with one month's notice to leave.
If water, electricity and gas are paid for by the owner, the tenant must pay a small amount but must submit to certain constraints.
He is often not allowed to move in with children or pets, or to organize parties.
Moreover, he sees himself imposing a monthly control visit, in order to make sure that he does not degrade the places.
According to
Capital
, the Right to Housing (DAL) association takes a dim view of the flourishing of this type of business, believing that they profit from social misery.
Indeed, these "disposable tenants" must leave the premises on request at any time of the year, because the winter break is not respected.
In addition, a survey published in 2017 by
L'Obs
had pointed out numerous abuses: dirty and unsanitary accommodation, cut electricity, intrusion into the privacy of tenants... Enough to make the DAL say that it is a question of a "disguised form of work".
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