• The region is experiencing a deficit in the construction of social housing.

  • The construction objectives have not been achieved while many municipalities still do not comply with the SRU law.

  • A situation that worries the prefecture.

Not easy to stay in Paca, and particularly in the metropolis of Aix-Marseille.

And when it comes to finding social housing, it can be an obstacle course.

A situation that challenges the regional prefect, Christophe Mirmand.

“The effort to build social housing is not on track with a third less achievement compared to the objectives.

Of the 12,000 new homes planned, only 8,500 have been created,” he regretted.

He then described a "worrying and tense situation, especially for the three coastal departments of the region".



And if the forthcoming adoption of the Local Housing Program by the metropolis of Aix-Marseille may suggest a slight improvement to come for this space, the region also has its bad players.

Thirty-four cities are still considered to be lacking under the SRU law, which provides for having at least 25% housing (for municipalities with 3,500 inhabitants or more, belonging to agglomerations of more than 50,000 inhabitants, comprising at least a municipality of more than 15,000 inhabitants).

Bad players but good payers, because these deficiencies are subject to a "levy" fine, in inter-administration language.

The pretty town of Eguilles (8,000 inhabitants and bordering Aix-en-Provence) for example, has only 5% social housing and has settled for 2021 a painful 424,000 euros for this.

Further east in the region, the situation is no better, with, according to

Nice Matin

, 83 municipalities with deficiencies in the Alpes-Maritimes (including Antibes, Cannes, Mandelieu, Villeneuve-Loubet, etc.).

As many municipalities as the prefect Mirmand does not wish to overwhelm.

“There are municipalities enslaved by industrial or flood risks.

We need to make an effort to educate and support,” he concluded.

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