The prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine is still looking for land to install a reception center for homeless people from Île-de-France after giving up a plot of land located in Bruz near Rennes, she said Wednesday.
The prefecture had initially identified in Bruz a land for this project but faced with the strong criticism of the mayor of this commune, Philippe Salmon (DVG) who denounced an installation in his commune "in these conditions that we consider unworthy", the prefecture finally gave up.
"Polluted" land
Philippe Salmon had criticized the choice of land, which adjoins the railway and is "polluted by hydrocarbons and heavy metals". "The work of identification and expertise of other lands continues in connection with the communities concerned," said the prefecture in a statement. "From autumn 2023, continues the prefecture, this reception center will take the form of accommodation in modular structures on land belonging to the State, still on the territory of Rennes Métropole".
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In the immediate future, says the institution, a first group of people from Île-de-France will be welcomed next week, in a hotel in Montgermont, a town north of Rennes, pending the establishment of the future reception center. This project of "reception airlock" must see the light of day, had indicated last month the prefecture, by September and is part of a national system of temporary reception in regions of homeless people in Île-de-France.
People will be welcomed there for three weeks, the time to assess their administrative and social situation, before being redirected to another Breton department. But "everyone is free to consent or renounce the proposed support," said Wednesday the prefecture.