• Nearly 1,500 people in Marseille live in temporary housing, evacuated from their unworthy housing, three years after the tragedy of the rue d'Aubagne.

  • The city of Marseille is recruiting around thirty people to be able to deal with this still topical issue.

Almost three years to the day after the collapse of several buildings in rue d'Aubagne, Marseille is still faced with the problem of poor housing. According to figures communicated by Patrick Amico, deputy mayor, on the occasion of a press point on his policy to fight against substandard housing, still 1,400 people were dislodged in temporary accommodation in Marseille at the end of September. , their homes being dangerous. 250 people live in aparthotels and 20 in hotels.

A sign that the issue of unsanitary housing is still relevant today, according to the deputy, 800 buildings in Marseille are the subject of a dangerous decree, of which around 200 are subject to a decree of grave and imminent danger.

A flow that the city is struggling to absorb.

According to Patrick Amico, she takes around thirty dangerous orders each month.

"We are in a phase of recruiting 25 people within the dedicated services to be able to deal with all the files that reach us," he says, recalling having "created a housing department which had been deleted by our predecessors and transferred to the metropolis.

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Ten million euros per year

To initiate office work to secure buildings, and relocate tenants on behalf of owners, Marseille pays "minimum 10 million euros per year", according to Patrick Amico. In November 2020, the city council released an envelope. A sum that may quickly be insufficient given the number of buildings to be treated, and the cost of these operations. “The mayor never said that this envelope was final. It is difficult to predict on these issues. If there are additional needs, it is possible that new sums are released. "

The deputy also confirms that discussions are underway with the State to obtain additional financial aid.

In his speech to the Pharo to present his plan for the second largest city in France, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron called for “stepping up the fight against substandard housing”.

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