High-rise tenants: 'They don't want to see our faces during the Paris Olympics'
In the northern suburbs of Paris the urban renovation of a rundown neighbourhood has been put under extra pressure by the construction of the nearby Olympic Village for the 2024 Games. Nearly 300 households, including families with children and the elderly, have to leave their high-rise social housing as soon as possible. And as Jade Lindgaard reports, to accelerate the process some of the offers of alternative housing for the unhappy tenants have not complied with the normal rules.
OneOne family has been offered an apartment which has holes in the floor and peeling walls. Or alternatively a maisonette with a staircase that is dangerous for their 14-month-old girl. Or, failing that, a three-bedroom apartment that costs more per square metre than their current home, and this despite having a mouldy wall.
