While the last inhabitants of the tower located in Epinay-sur-Seine must leave the premises by this Wednesday evening, due to an order of “imminent danger”, the accommodation solutions seem far from being at the height.
“I am in full stress. I’m worried“, repeats Christian Grillet. Owner of an apartment in the Obélisque tower of Epinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), he lost more than 15 kilos in a few weeks. The eviction from his home in mid -November traumatized him and has since been accommodated by the Salvation Army in a hotel room in Aubervilliers.
The State offers him 87,600 euros for an apartment paid 140,000 euros, 15 years ago. Impossible, therefore, to buy a new home, deplores Christian Grillet: “Now that I no longer have a payslip, that I will be retired, how will it be? Are they going to lend me? At what rate? For how long ?“
“And above all, how much do Parisian apartments cost? It is absolutely impossible. Or else, I have to move 100-150 km to have something equivalent to mine. I don’t know what the future holds for me. I don’t know how the year 2022 will turn out… I’m afraid“, worries the owner.
Because of a “imminent peril“, the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis took in November two orders: one to prohibit access to the balconies of the south facade, which risk collapsing according to the authorities; and the other to ask everyone residents to leave their apartment before Wednesday, December 8. In the meantime, a first evacuation took place three weeks ago.
Amadou Yaly, another owner, was still sleeping there overnight from Monday to Tuesday. This father had no choice: the authorities offered him temporary accommodation without electricity. He learned the news very late, at the end of last week.
“I was not sleeping… I was waiting: where will the accommodation be? Am I going? How will the apartment be? I was completely confused. Until now. I don’t eat, I don’t sleep“Amadou Yaly warns.
Annie Louvet must also evacuate. With almost 30 years of business accumulated in her apartment, her family came to help her sort: her motor handicap prevents her from moving alone. As for rehousing solutions, they have so far left much to be desired.
“The hotel room was not suitable for people with disabilities and with diabetes, explains the owner. There was nothing, nothing, nothing planned. If there are small steps to access my room, it will be complicated. I live on my own, so that means that in my room, I’m going to stay cloistered.“
Neither Christian Grillet, nor Amadou Yaly, nor Annie Louvet have the means or the desire to buy their home one day. For them, the investment of a lifetime has collapsed.
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