Social housing: Emmanuelle Wargon and parliamentarians in favor of more diversity

The Minister in charge of Housing Emmanuelle Wargon and about fifty parliamentarians plead in favor of a review of the obligations of local authorities in terms of social housing and for greater diversity in this type of housing, in a column published on Saturday on the site from

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"We must put an end to the ghettos, to the between oneself"

"We must put an end to the ghettos, with the self-esteem", write Emmanuelle Wargon and elected members of the Territories of Progress party, sponsored by the ex-PS ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Olivier Dussopt and who wants to embody "the 'left wing' of the presidential majority.

"To achieve this goal, deploy human and financial resources to match our ambitions."

More precisely, they wish to "recreate diversity in social housing. The social housing stock must accommodate both households in need and priority workers of the nation, hospital staff, teachers, police officers, cashiers and garbage collectors. , neighborhood merchants, whose importance we have all seen during this period of crisis ", according to the text of this forum.

"Revise the obligations of local authorities"

"We must also and at the same time build, construct new social housing, transform our cities and our suburbs. This is why we must revise the obligations of local authorities, within the framework of the law relating to urban solidarity and renewal ( SRU), which sets the obligations of local authorities for the construction of social housing until 2025 ", still believe the signatories.

"A balanced distribution of housing allocations, which leaves room for greater social diversity, and a new geographical choice for the establishment of social housing and emergency accommodation centers, no longer at the border of towns but at proximity to public services or places where jobs and training are located, this is our ambition to revive the concepts of living together, equality and citizenship, ”they conclude.