It is written in large in front of the capitals “no roof, we stay there”. Arrived on Sunday, the militants of the DAL 38 take turns since to ensure a continuous permanence under the large tents installed on the esplanade of the Caserne de Bonne. This operation, they have been preparing for many months and explain that they have theagreement of the Town Hall and the Prefecture. The objective is therefore to alert the public authorities and passers-by to the situation of the poorly housed, ” a system that is getting worse and worse “according to Garance, one of the spokespersons.”There are listeners but who keep repeating to people when you call that there is no solution and that you have to call back in 15 days.“
The DAL asks for the application of a law of requisition of empty housing
Among the demands: a halt to evictions and the requisition of empty homes for the few 3,000 people without accommodation in the Grenoble conurbation. Sedik, who lived on the street and who is now an activist in the DAL assures him: “There are empty apartments, in Grenoble and even in the countryside, while there are families who have been there for years and years, and nothing can be found for them.”
“Three in one little bed. It’s an unworthy place to live.” – Alfred, hosted in Voreppe
No family sleeps on site, but the place allows poorly housed people to come and find help and a place to shelter during the day. Because the association also asks that the solutions found for families be more sustainable than currently where many poorly housed people find refuge in hotels or structures but only at night and have to leave the premises each morning. The DAL also calls for decent accommodationwhich is not always the case listening to the testimony of Alfred, housed since March in Voreppe: “the prefecture or the municipality must tell themselves that it’s fine because we’re at the hotel, but we know how we live there. There is no kitchen, and with my wife and my child we sleep three in a single small bed. This is unworthy housing.“DAL activists hope to meet government officials in the coming days.
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