“Look at the traces, the dirt”. A resident whom we will call Maria climbs in the elevator of one of the towers of the Pontreau district in Niort, frustrated. “It deteriorates. The cleaning is not done properly. The garbage cans are overflowing, it smells bad with the heat. Between the garbage cans and the drug trade …”, continues the retiree who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years and is part of the CSF, the Confederation of Families.
People avoid seeing each other, talking to each other. They are afraid
“People avoid seeing each other, talking to each other. They are afraid”. And it is not the major renovations carried out outside the buildings that will be enough to solve these problems for Maria.
Pascal has lived in the Tour Chabot for two years. He deplores drug trafficking “permanent. Well established. They are not necessarily aggressive people but it is the atmosphere that it gives. People have a certain fear, they no longer dare to leave their children outside”.
We feel forgotten
The Niortais also denounces growing incivility. “There are untimely parties and decibels until 4 am, 5 am. It starts on Friday, it ends on Sunday with what goes with it, people urinating or vomiting even on cars”, says Pascal. “We feel forgotten”. The CSF also deplores the letters left unanswered.
Claudie, who lives in Clou-Bouchet, has the same feeling. “What is missing is the educator that we have been promised for years”, launches this resident, not convinced of the effectiveness of the arrival of CRS in reinforcement at the end of July in the district. “Why were they there? It didn’t change anything”.
Deux-Sèvres Habitat promises meetings in September
Deux-Sèvres Habitat specifies that these subjects do not all fall within its competence. But the lessor ensures that it is not inactive. “We have frequently closed openings outside the buildings to prevent people from passing through. We have closed the garbage rooms so that people are safe when they put their waste”, specifies Jacques Billy, the mayor of Aiffres and president of Deux-Sèvres Habitat.
Regarding building maintenance, “we are vigilant and our services are identical”, assures Jacques Billy who recognizes however that “for certain collective parties the intervention of our employees is not easy, there is sometimes insecurity, in particular at Clou-Bouchet. We even had withdrawal rights formulated”.
Deux-Sèvres Habitat which promises meetings with tenants in September.
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