“The two dwellings are among the housing taxed because they are occupied, like other old housesspecifies the bourgmestre Dimitri Legasse (Citizen Union). Some are occasionally squatted, as one can imagine. Among the goods concerned, there are private owners or others more historic, such as careers. Several goods were sold or sold to the Social Real Estate Agency (AIS), others were bought by the municipality, in the late 1990s and in early 2000. They were renovated when possible and rental or sold to the tenants, thanks to a subsidy. “
These houses historically belonged to the quarries. “”But it is obviously not their main business, so they wanted to part with it. ” Not always successfully given the number of goods that are abandoned today, both in Zaman Street and in the rue du Faubourg, to name only these two roads.
“The police have been warned for a long time”
More than regrettable given access to property rendered impossible to many families, in a context where real estate prices are very high in Walloon Brabant. Not to mention the ghostly decor for residents or the alternative occupation, which could represent security problems. “”The police have been warned for a long time that these houses are potentially squatted. The agents occasionally go there to invite people to leave. What is done each time in the presence of social services, to offer these people another accommodation. Some refuse, however, to integrate a accommodation center or a temporary relay house, as well as transit housing. They “prefer” to sleep outside, which is not however common in Rebecq. “
“A dozen houses concerned”
The solution to avoid getting there? “”The Walloon Region makes it possible to remove a tax on unoccupied buildings and we activated it precisely to fight against this phenomenon, a few years ago. It was good to fight this vacation. We must still have a dozen houses concerned today, but these are not all old properties of careers. Everyone does what they want from good, we have nothing to say, except the possibility of lifting this tax. “
The two homes burnt down in Zaman Street are properties of careers but managed by AIS. According to our information, for lack of agreement between the two parties, they have so far been renovated, and therefore put on the market for a rental. We tried to contact AIS this Thursday, without success.
