The standoff continues between the City of Grenoble and the Prefecture of Isère concerning the rehousing of precarious people from the Jean-Macé squat. If the municipality had offered an accommodation solution, without specifying its address, the brand new prefect Laurent Prévost had objected to an end of inadmissibility. In particular with regard to the unconditional nature of this reception. Clearly, yes to the care of vulnerable people, including children, but no to those in an irregular situation.
However, the City of Grenoble believes that the lack of emergency accommodation proposals for families generates two major risks. First of all, that of increasing the vulnerability of families. But also ” for the territory, a risk of disturbances to public order that would create a displacement rather than the absorption of the slum “. Hence the choice of the municipality to seize in summary proceedings, on June 28, 2021, the administrative court of Grenoble so that ” useful measures are pronounced urgently ».
The slum on rue Jean-Macé which divides the prefecture and the city of Grenoble. © Tim Buisson – Place Gre’net
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« In the interest of all […] and because the state’s inaction has lasted too long, we are mobilizing the legal means at our disposal to guarantee the protection of the most vulnerable and stop the cynical game of the hot potato “, Affirmed Yann Mongaburu, municipal councilor in charge of transitional town planning.
For the prefecture, this choice is not trivial: “ Where we would like technical work, we feel that there are other political elements that come into play … “Thus lamented Laurent Prévost, during a meeting with the press on Tuesday July 6. ” If I were a tease, I would say that the City of Grenoble has not always had the same decency on [d’anciens] files. There are precedents where, at the request of the City, evacuations of squats took place without this procedure being carried out. I note that, there, there is one before the administrative jurisdiction. “A questionable procedure both” in form and in substance “for the prefect who intends to depoliticize this file.
« We will look for solutions to reconcile respect for the law, for the peace of the residents and the vulnerable situation of people of which we are well aware. The administrative court is expected to rule at a hearing on Tuesday, July 13.
