We obtained the provisional report on the management of the OPH, the Public Housing Office, of Bobigny in 2018-2020. The observations made by the National Agency for the Control of Social Housing are explosive. They should be made public in the coming weeks.
« Works paid, but not done “, decisions ” going against the interests of theOPH “, of the ” procedures for awarding and executing numerous contracts (…) which disregard public procurement law », « management characterized by opacity, drifts and multiple irregularities »…
The National Agency for the Control of Social Housing, ANCOLS, has once again looked into the management of the Bobigny OPH. From the first lines, the tone is set. On 49 pages, the “policeman of HLM” peels the accounts, the management of the personnel, the financial transactions, the public markets over the last two years of management of the former municipal majority UDI. The organization has just sent the document to the various parties. He asks for their answers. The final version will be made public at the end of the year.
First observation made by the inspectors: operating losses have exploded from 763,000 euros to 10,792,000 euros in the space of two years. ” This situation, which seems to have persisted until the change of general management in April 2021, explains that the office was, at the opening of the inspection, in an extremely delicate position and in virtual cessation of payments », observes ANCOLS, the National Agency for the Control of Social Housing.
How did we get here ? The report points to an excessive payroll, the use of vehicles deemed ” questionable “, the non-receipt of rents during the Covid, a promise made by the municipal majority rejected by the prefecture. But the report dwells above all on public procurement: “ The office concluded several markets under conditions questioning theANCHORS on the regularity of their award or execution. »
One file appears to be emblematic: the energy rehabilitation contract for the Salvador Allende and Chemin Vert housing estates (600 housing units). Ancols notes that the contract was awarded despite ” strong suspicions of agreement between certain bidders and the very high level of certain offers “. He has ” led to very significant additional costs compared to the budget initially allocated to the operationn ». «Some of these markets were the subject of settlements for a total amount of 3.5 million euros under conditions questioning Ancols ».
The works were never carried out. The company was placed in compulsory liquidation. The Mediapart site had already investigated this file. In this case, Jonathan Berrebi plays a leading role. An osteopath by training, deputy mayor of Bobigny, he is president of the OPH from 2014 to 2020. The former elected official was also said to have been involved in real estate transactions deemed irregular. He would have been the signatory of the authentic deed of sale of the Gaston Crépin estate to an SCI. This illegal transaction was concluded below the floor price set by France Domaine and contracted despite the opposition of the prefecture. He would also have favored the awarding of works and service contracts, in particular to his father and to a fellow osteopath, practicing in the same firm, underlines the report.
Other figure: Sylvie Ramond. Close to the Balkany, elected for 26 years to the town hall of Levallois-Perret, passed by the Office HLM de Puteaux, the former general manager is pointed out for ” many contracts signed which disregard public procurement law ».
The report makes a jumbled state of the purchase without competition ” of ” fire balls for an amount of 1,560,000 euros “, work ordered from consulting companies (approximately 125,000 euros) without the office being able to provide a copy, contracts ” students » with a law firm for 1 million euros over 3 years, without competition.
And the inspectors wonder about the different contracts “ extremely expensive » obtained by the auditor for at least 467,000 euros. ” It is disturbing to note that this service provider would have a relationship/or family relationship with the one mentioned above with regard to legal services. “, notes the ANCOLS. Personal ties that don’t stop there!
By noting the absence of competitive bidding on the awarding of the contract for ” pipework formwork » for an amount of 50,310 euros, the inspectors made an astonishing discovery! “ The legal representative (Editor’s note: of the company) appeared on the electoral list led by Sylvie Ramond in the municipality of Levallois-Perret during the municipal elections of 2020», concludes the ANCOLS.
We have contacted Sylvie Ramond and Jonathan Berrebi several times, but they have not yet responded to our interview requests. After two searches (May 2019, February 2021) carried out by the BRDE, (the Brigade for the repression of economic delinquency) within the OPH, this report is one more piece in the preliminary investigation carried out by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office for embezzlement of public funds.
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