"Here it's like a hole, nobody sees us and nobody cares about what is going on there", loose this resident of the Rochers district, in Nogent-sur-Oise.
In the old Commanderie district, the name change in the mid-2010s was not enough.
No more than the different phases of work - two major safeguard plans and an urban renewal plan of more than 37 million euros (M €) launched since 2004 in this private condominium built in the early 1960s. Between degradation and insalubrity , the inhabitants are at their wit's end.
"We were good here at the beginning" ...
On the walls of building E, a succession of tags, messages addressed to the police and other "La Com", the nickname of the neighborhood, frame the doors with broken windows.
In a hall with gutted letterboxes, damage from an almost daily squat, the common areas serve as a dumping ground.
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On the 1st floor, in front of a devastated apartment, lives Mme Morin, the dean of the district, who arrived in 1963. “We were fine here at the beginning, it deteriorated slowly in the 80s before bursting into the 90s, ”she recalls.
The Commandery then earns its bad reputation, which still sticks to its skin.
But the problems started right from the start.
Promoter who leaves with money, the manager placed in receivership in the 70s, the unions paid by the owners who follow one another, without finding a solution ... In 2001, the Com appears among the ten most degraded condominiums in France.
"The apartment above burned down in December"
And in 2004 end of the joke: justice appoints a first judicial administrator responsible for redressing the bar.
But the boat is still pitching and it is towards the current defending champion, AJ Associates, that the anger of the inhabitants is now turning, who continue to refer to the “union” when they mention it.
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"The work carried out is a hide-and-seek," plague the owners.
Everyone has their own story, everyone has different problems.
"The apartment above burned down in December and we still have water damage after the firefighters went through, says a resident of building G. I live with my children among the mushrooms, why does nobody intervene?
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One of her neighbors says she hasn't had any light in her stairwell for two months.
“I don't even count the number of falls anymore,” she sighs.
Kamran, a young father, explains how he had to wire his balcony after a burglary ...
The dealers?
"You don't think they preferred to have outlets"
The delinquency, precisely, would be one of the black spots of the sector according to the authorities, which would explain the state of abandonment of the places.
But for the inhabitants, it would be rather the opposite, even if all concede the presence of the points of deal.
“It's not a hub either!
groans a Nogentais.
Don't you think they'd rather have opportunities rather than hang around?
They too are abandoned.
Even Ms. Morin agrees: “I have never had a problem with young people.
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For them, it is insalubrity that leads to squats.
With in their sights, the town hall and the receiver.
The latter would be "a disaster".
“There is no guard, nobody answers the phone, sighs a resident.
One wonders where the 500 euros of quarterly charges go.
As if we are in a chic residence.
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A structural deficit of ... 800,000 euros
AJ associés, for its part, highlights a first major obstacle: the structural deficit of the condominium, which today reaches 800,000 €.
Added to this is “a hard core of owners who refuse to pay their charges.
In addition to vandalism and acts of deterioration, this inevitably has repercussions on maintenance.
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According to the manager, 50% of owners have already received at least three collection procedures.
“Some inhabitants do not necessarily have the means to be co-owners, analysis AJ Associates.
We do what we can to make everyday life liveable, but nothing is easy with unpaid bills.
Each year, for example, you have to fight with the supplier to turn on the heating again.
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The mayor (LREM), Jean-François Dardenne, prefers to recall that the situation has already changed significantly over the past fifteen years, with the destruction of part of the towers.
"The district has grown from 338 to 142 housing units with the latest renovation plan, plus the construction of pavilions," he explains.
But when it does not want ... "The exteriors are rather successful, but the project manager and the companies have done anything for the rest, indicates the elected.
It is a shame to see such buildings.
For the city councilor, the bad choices of the last 50 years have left only one solution: pure and simple destruction.
Instead, “quality social housing, small pavilions, for around 70 inhabitants.
“So the town hall is gradually buying the apartments, but this requires the validation of many actors and therefore takes time.
“At least five years, recognizes Jean-François Dardenne.
I understand the anger of the inhabitants but it is a long term job.
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