98 logements sociaux sans chauffage dans le quartier de la Bastide
For 3 weeks, social housing in a residence in the Bastide district in Bordeaux has not been heated. Left without solution by their social landlord, with the coming winter and the temperatures which decrease, the refrigerated tenants are exceeded.
Grouped in front of their building, the tenants of the Résidence Raymond Lavigne, in Bordeaux, in the Bastide district, enjoy the rays of the sun. For three weeks, residents have had no heating, so it is almost warmer outside than inside their apartment “I’m going to my balcony to warm up” one of them confides.
Inside the 98 apartments, the temperature displayed on the thermometer is far from the 20 ° C promised by the landlord.
At Marie-France Sarazin, it is no more than 14 ° C. In his kitchen, the octogenarian rubs his hands to try to warm himself, without succeeding, however, “Oh how cold it is!” “ she exclaims.
Same observation a little higher, with Martine Leblond, who is worried about the approach of winter and the cold.
Like many tenants, she alerted Vilogia. The social landlord explains this heating failure by the malfunction of a geothermal heat pump. But nothing has been settled yet.
Inhabitant of the building since 1979, Martine Leblond is indignant at this situation, “We never had these temperatures, never. Something has to be done. Vilogia, they have to move, there are no other words. “
Left unanswered by their social landlord, the tenants are angry.
I am a little revolted because paying for heating and not having it is painful!
Concerned about her health, Marie-France Sarazin’s daughter installed portable electric heaters, essential to be able to stay in the apartment “The kitchen faces north and if I don’t put on additional heating, it’s 10 ° C and I can’t even cook” explains the Bordelaise.
A solution adopted by many of its neighbors, but which drives up the electricity bill “And who will pay?” Me, I have a small retirement “ the old lady worries.
This Monday, at midday, the landlord we asked did not respond to our interview request.
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