Residents of a building in Mitry-Mory are denouncing unsanitary conditions. The problems have been reported to the social landlord, who assures that he “brings in professionals” as soon as a report is made.
Mold on the walls, cockroaches in the sinks… The tenants of social housing in a building in Mitry-Mory (Seine-et-Marne) are at their wit’s end. For several years, the condition of their apartments has been deteriorating, to the point of making their daily lives unbearable.
BFM Paris Île-de-France has observed the presence of mold in several homes, sometimes even in children’s bedrooms.
“The children wake up with blocked noses. It annoys me, I’m devastated, I cry every day. They wake us up in the night every day and they come to sleep with us,” laments one of them, who has lived in the accommodation for two years.
“We are voiceless”
Her neighbors are in the same situation as her, sometimes even worse, with impressive areas of mold in their kitchen, causing furniture to fall. “It’s been about three years. And when the furniture fell, it was a year and a half, two years ago,” says one tenant.
Moldy walls and ceilings, no hot water, broken elevators and even cockroaches. The creatures are invading the entire building: “They come out of the air vents. You can see them coming out of the sink and the boiler.”
Problems reported to the lessor Habitat 77. “We systematically call in disinfection professionals as soon as a complaint is made. Concerning water infiltration (…) Habitat 77 has had the flat roofs repaired as quickly as possible,” the latter assures.
The residents are left without a solution. “We are people from below, without a voice. We suffer. We are without a voice, we can’t do anything about it,” laments one of them. Some have even given notice to leave their homes, unable to bear the situation any longer.
Suzie Bernard Méneguz, with Marine Langlois
