Toulouse: in Les Pradettes, the tenants of a building exasperated by cockroaches
In recent weeks, cockroaches have proliferated in a building on rue Aristide Maillol. The residents can’t take it anymore.
The insalubrity spread. In one of the apartments on the third floor of a building on rue Aristide Maillol, in Les Pradettes, a tenant developed Diogenes syndrome three years ago. The waste disposed of in his accommodation. “Today, when we go home, we can’t even see the ground anymore,” says one of his neighbors. A few cockroaches were crawling out of the piles of trash. Gradually, the pests ended up escaping from the apartment to proliferate throughout the building. “A few months ago, we had a few cockroaches in our apartments. But for three weeks, it has become unlivable, ”plagues Mouna, a tenant.
With the recent heat wave episodes, the inhabitants of the G block assure that cockroaches “are everywhere”. “We wake up in the night covered with pests. It is unlivable. We are used to seeing them swarming around our homes. We are no longer horrified. We are simply disgusted, ”says Leila, angry. Every evening, the tenants of the building take care of cockroach traps. In the morning, they found the covered pests. “We’re tired of paying to try to live with dignity,” annoyed a resident.
“We must deal with the source”
The multiple disinsectization operations ordered by the lessor of the building, Toulouse Métropole Habitat, did not save the furniture. », Indicates the social landlord, specifying that in May 2021, the housing concerned was treated.
But since then, the tenant’s situation has evolved and he was placed under judicial protection in April 2022.
Toulouse Métropole Habitat recently carried out disinsectizations in the apartments of three tenants who had questioned it on the subject. The operations have been extended to the common areas. “The problem is that as long as the apartment of the tenant with Diogenes syndrome is not treated, we will not get out of it”, denounce his neighbors.
Toulouse Métropole Habitat contacted the legal representative to be able to enter the accommodation and carry out new disinsectization operations, these requiring the authorization of the tenant or his representative. A cleaning quote was therefore able to be drawn up in the name of the tenant in July 2022. The local teams follow up with the agent so that these operations can be carried out as soon as possible.