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| Wednesday 10 March 2010 |
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Real estate and reality: Members of a public housing
Whereas in France the government is working on the thorny problem of housing under-staffed, public housing across the channel is subject to much lighter attention: four members decided to settle for the needs ... a reality show.
To better understand the living conditions of much of their fellow citizens or simply to earn extra capital sympathy among the general public, four British MEPs have agreed to participate in the reality show " Tower Block of commons. The program is broadcast weekly on Channel 4, which could be translated as "the Tower of Parliamentarians HLM," indeed offers four-elect (Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat MP, Tim Loughton, Nadine Dorries and Austin Mitchell, all membersConservatives) to share the time of one week the daily HLM tenants.
Bartering their comfortable salary of 74,000 euros annually (65,000 pounds) against 64.30 pounds per week that are unemployment benefits, members of the British Parliament have therefore made a brief foray into the lives of low income citizens, sharing their property as theirdaily concerns. From their own admissions, the opportunity was great for these power politics regilding an image tainted somewhat in June, by a vast scandal involving abuse their expense. A goal does not seem to have been reached, with members then show personalities have "lost touch with reality a few years ago" (comment left by a viewer on the website of the British chain).
In France, in the absence of reality is the Fondation Abbé Pierre, who not long ago, has undertaken the challenge the government on the growing problem of poor housing. In the process, the Secretary of State then announced logementBenoist Appeared in early February, the release of a package of 4.7 billion euros for the construction of 140,000 properties in future social.
Besides the ambitious program unveiled by the government, initiatives have been undertaken locally. This is particularly true in Lyon where elected officials should decide in the evening on the adoption of a computer containing all the requests for obtaining public housing. The records collected from different social landlords could well be integrated within a single database to ensure equal treatment of candidates. Costing an estimated 900,000 euros, the device could be available early 2011.
(Source: www.diagnostic-expertise.com) |
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