Patricia has been waiting for two years to return home. She no longer lives in her apartment on Place Georges-Braque, in Argenteuil, since October 14, 2019. That day, a tenant of this low-cost housing building, who must be evicted, allegedly set her home on fire. Almost all of the occupants of the floor cannot return home. “We were put in the Sunday cellar and afterwards the town hall offered us a hotel in Sarcelles because there was no room elsewhere,” she recalls. A few days later, AB habitat, his landlord, offered him and his daughter an apartment in the Joliot-Curie city, with a precarious three-month lease.
Two years later, his situation has not changed. Every three months, his lease is renewed. She doesn’t really like the situation: she finds herself far from her job in downtown Argenteuil and the accommodation she occupies is on the ground floor. “I had even asked to go to the ZUP but they told me they had no room,” she says. Her insurance paid her compensation (supplemented by the town hall) for all the furniture she lost. It also paid a small compensation AB habitat. When she asked the latter if she could return to her apartment, the landlord’s representative told her that she could do so if she took charge of the work.
Expertise that takes a long time
“We never indicated that it would be responsible for the work, contests AB habitat. In some apartments there was perhaps less damage. Perhaps the tenants’ home insurance took over some of the work. This is indeed the case of two families affected by this disaster. One has not succeeded in having the damage recognized on the floor tiles and is preparing to do it again herself. Another received 2,800 euros in compensation and had to put out of pocket to top up the cost of the work. AB habitat indicates the appraisals for Patricia’s apartment took time. “The experts intervened late on this accommodation. We only got the report in July, ”adds the lessor. Work has since been initiated. “The reception is scheduled for November 15,” he adds.
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