The largest French city U amputated 819 homes 
Article October 9, 2009 Release of MAEL Inizan
The urban community of Hauts de Bievre voted the destruction of one third of the city of Jean Zay U Antony, citing its need rehabilitation. Student associations fear a trade camouflaged.
community commune des Hauts de Bievre voted on Friday, the demolition of Building C, which has 548 rooms, of the City University of Jean Zay (92).
Will it even more difficult to find accommodation for students in Ile-de-France? A cry of alarm is pushed by several collectives while the urban community of Hauts de Bievre (92), owner of City U Antony Jean Zay, adopted a proposed restructuring of the residence. Eventually, in 2013, over 800 rooms in the residence hall will be destroyed, the other front be rehabilitated.
"They gutted the building C in July. This was only the first step, now they attack the rest of the residence "claims Kamel, a member of the group Stop the evictions. In July, nearly 500 students, housed in the historic university city south of Paris, because suddenly learned that their building would be destroyed. A new protocol, adopted Friday by the urban community, provides for the destruction of two other buildings, has 271 rooms.
Demolition of 819 dwellings at Crous
Built in the 1950s, University City Jean Zay brings to her 2100 single rooms, 16% of the housing stock in the Ile-de-France. However, for the Crous as for the community of agglomeration, most buildings are unhealthy. One hundred rooms are also condemned, too old to be inhabited. "It is here that the destruction of some buildings to help renovate the others," defends Alain Cordina, deputy director at Crous de Versailles.
For him, buildings, architecture "anachronistic", no longer able to properly accommodate students. The protocol voted Friday to overturn the organization places to finally offer them "Good working conditions." It lays to see some 1300 dwellings remaining: 16 m2, 9 m2 cons today. "New homes will be built elsewhere in the department. For each destruction, the protocol provides for the construction of 1.2 new housing, "said Alain Cordina, saying that no student is left out.
A "cyst" urban
"But where are the lines of credit?" Asked the UNEF. For the student union, the protocol shows full of "good intentions", but does not explain how the renovations will be funded, nor the construction of new housing. "It's hard to trust. On the one hand, they do not put money on the table, on the other, the document is not binding, "worries David Dobbels, the UNEF.
For most opponents of the project, the renovation of residences could try local authorities to lay hands on this vast land ideally located just 20 minutes from Paris. "Why would we able to renovate some buildings and not others?" Asks Mary Jo Weil-Erhard, an active member of the group Save Jean Zay. Contacted by Libération, the urban community has not responded to our request for interview. Of Meanwhile, David Dobbels does not fail to recall that Patrick Devedjian, Chairman of Hauts-de-Seine, and signatory to the protocol, displays long willingness to intervene in the development of this territory, calling to many occasions of "cysts" city when he was mayor of Antony.
"It feels fliquer"
Within the university campus, the tension is palpable. Thursday, three students were ordered to leave their rooms. Traumatized by the mass evictions this summer, the associations are mounted slot, accusing Crous begin to "empty" buildings. "A simple exclusion of students who did not respect the rules of procedure, including by hosting people, "says his side Crous. Gilles Ouvoughou, Science PhD student, is one of the three students. Accused of harboring his girlfriend, he had to make his cartoons in a few hours, watched by four police officers and the Commissioner of Antony himself. "They use the slightest pretext, even without evidence and put students on the street overnight," accuses a member of a group that opposes the project.
Cross at the corner of a hallway, Maxentius, 23, not sure what to think of all the rumors. It attended several evictions and hosted friends who lost their homes during the summer. It reflects the worsening climate in a few months, "Students as directors on each side, one becomes suspicious. It feels fliquer. It's as stressful situation. We're not too sure what is happening and how it will evolve. "
is the consensus of participants at the roundtable on "Social housing students in Ile-de-France" held Dec. 4 at Jussieu by the UNEF, the Association of Friends of the RUA (AARU) and the collective "To give a future to the RUA), which was attended by nearly 200 people, including a majority of students were able to share with stakeholders. 
reminder, here is the link to the letter 
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