in Minimes, the construction of social housing is causing tensions
The project for the construction of social housing in Les Minimes did not pass. To show their opposition, a centenary of Toulousains, under the leadership of Minimes neighborhood committee – Barrière de Paris, gather, Saturday morning at 11 am, at 87-91 avenue des Etats-Unis, address of future social housing.
The construction project of the Adoma group, specializing in the integration of people in difficulty, includes a social residence of 5 floors for young workers, 92 housing units, a family pension 28 accommodations, common living spaces, as well as a mini-urban forest and market gardening areas, the group said in a press release.
Contacted by The Independent Opinion, Frédéric Gresse, member of the Minimes-Barrière neighborhood committee in Paris and local resident, details the situation:
We are not opposed to social housing, but we would simply like them to be intelligently distributed, especially since the neighborhood already has four social residences. At Les Minimes, we have intergenerational social residences with 40 units and things are going very well, ”said the local resident.
Lack of consultation and lack of diversity
According to the president of the Minimes neighborhood committee, it is not wise to concentrated social housing in the same geographic area. A finding corroborated by a resident of the Minimes: “Gathering an identical audience in the same place, does not promote diversity. We need a certain measure and adopt a distribution”, reports our colleagues from La Dépêche du Midi .
In addition, the committee castigates the lack of consultation between the Metropolis and local residents: “Such a project would have required upstream consultation. This is also what we deplore”. Indeed, to try to to clarify the situation, the committee sent on November 26, one to the municipality to request an appointment in the hope of postponing the building permit for the project. “Without response, a second shipment left Wednesday, December 15” details Frédéric. The committee thus wishes postpone the project, while waiting to obtain a consultation meeting with the Metropolis.
Les Minimes, at the heart of great changes
The district of Minimes is preparing to undergo major transformations in urban planning, in particular with the construction of the third metro line, the work of which should start current 2022.
A change that worries local residents, as Serge Baggi, Chairman of the Minimes-Barrière neighborhood committee in Paris, confides: “The neighborhood attracts developers, especially with the many lots abandoned by car dealerships. many lots are to be bought in our area. We must be very vigilant about the future of the Minimes to maintain a good quality of life, “warns the head of the neighborhood committee.