Stéphane Burgatt 4:11 p.m., November 05, 2021

The Phocaean city commemorated this Friday the three years of the collapse of two buildings in the rue d'Aubagne which left eight dead.

On the ground, residents are angry and associations regret that the renovation of the building stock is not going fast enough to avoid other disasters.

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It is a sad event that Marseille celebrated this Friday.

Three years ago, the collapse of two buildings on rue d'Aubagne left eight people dead in the city of Marseille, where emotion is still present.

The ceremony took place at the foot of the "hollow tooth", where the buildings stood, with great restraint and dignity.

The crowd observed eight minutes of silence, in the presence of the families of the victims, who carried the portraits of their missing relatives while chanting their names on several occasions.

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"Anger and sadness"

But the years may go by, the pain is still just as sharp, as Zohra Boukenouche, member of the "Collectif du 5 novembre", an association that fights poor housing and poverty in Marseille, testifies: "Three years later, it's still anger and sadness. Eight people still died under the rubble. When you are in your accommodation, you are supposed to be serene and there, the accommodation has been the grave of these people. There are some advances, but not enough."

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The drama had brought to light the problems related to unsanitary housing in Marseille. But three years after the disaster, everything remains to be done according to local associations. "Things are moving far too slowly. The Nicol report [on the state of the Marseille housing stock, Editor's note] spoke of 40,000 housing units. That makes about 4,000 buildings. We have evacuated 800, now we have to rehabilitate them. We have to rehabilitate them. We know that we have hundreds, even thousands of other buildings to deal with. Three years after the tragedy, we continue to evacuate nearly 30 households every month. "We are sorely lacking in housing in this city. We are tearing people away from their daily lives," laments Florent Houdmon, of the Abbé Pierre foundation in the Paca region.

Currently, nearly 1,400 Marseilles are relocated to temporary accommodation, hotels or aparthotels.