We are, it seems, the third person that Carole Debarge has allowed access to her home since she moved in nine years ago. The first was the technical manager of the water union who detected a leak and the other, the expert commissioned by the owner's insurance. It happened in September. “ The water tower was emptying at high speed », explains the mayor of Sars-le-Bois, Édouard Hautecœur, and after much research carried out, including in the surrounding towns, the origin was detected in his cellar. “ The water had flowed so much and more » that it caused a landslide; the floor, a wall and the roof have since threatened to collapse.
No choice: the elected official issued a danger order on September 23, and ordered the owner to establish a security perimeter, evacuate his tenant and rehouse her. This Friday, the deadline, she will be notified of her expulsion, but remains without solution.
In her main living room, which only bears the name, she hands us a chair which she passes with difficulty through an unhinged door. She remains standing to protect her lower back. Retired from National Education, according to her, the little 67-year-old woman expresses the wish to find a house anywhere in Pas-de-Calais, the Nord or the Somme, equipped with a courtyard or garden for his animals, and available immediately.
No unpaid bills but no guarantor either
For the moment, she has failed. “ Priority is often given to families with children », and she does not have a guarantor either, although the mayor confirms that he has never been aware of any unpaid debts. Carole Debarge receives a pension of around €1,360 per month, pays €529 in rent excluding charges, and says she can save more. “ Anything as long as I can go with my dogs. » This is the only moment, at the mention of them, when his eyes mist up.
She says she has two, but would have mentioned three, and seven cats, to the social workers she has met since October, at the mayor's initiative. “ They wet the shirt », greets him, but in vain. Obtaining social housing with so many companions is excluded. He himself did not spare his efforts: “ We fought, we made lots of phone calls, including about the animals. »
For lack of anything better, Carole Debarge will have to join a home. “ If there is room for meshe specifies, and without her dogs. Otherwise it will be the street. »
Contact of Carole Debarge: 06 36 05 40 97. When requested, the owner did not wish to respond to us.
