Tag: Bad housing
More than 150 homeless people evacuated after brief gym occupation
Many children and as many parents settled at the end of the day on Friday in a municipal gymnasium in Lyon, with the idea of staying there until the authorities…
Four years in prison for the ex-police officer who became a slumlord
The sentence has fallen. Gérard Gallas, the ex-police officer turned slumlord, was sentenced this Wednesday morning to five years in prison, including four years. He was on trial in Marseille.…
The Assembly is working on a consensual but “welcome” bill, without a Minister of Housing
“We have deaths on the streets and still no Minister of Housing. We are in weightlessness,” denounces the elected Parisian environmentalist Julien Bayou. The deputies begin this Monday, and until…
The police want to evict the homeless who demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Housing, the justice system prevents them from doing so
There are dozens of homeless people, families with children or poor workers, who have settled in tents on Place Bainville, a stone’s throw from the Solférino metro station in Paris,…
No leniency on appeal for convicted ex-notary
The one-year prison sentence of a former notary from Var for endangering the tenants of one of his run-down buildings in the northern districts of Marseille was confirmed on appeal…
A building in the historic center evacuated after a floor collapsed
The scene took place on the very famous Parliament Square, during the night from Thursday to Friday. A stone’s throw from the Christmas market culinary chalets and the Great Fir…
Four years in prison required for a slumlord who rented 122 unsanitary accommodations
Four years in prison with a committal warrant were requested this Wednesday against Gérard Gallas, a slumlord accused of having rented 122 unsanitary apartments in the northern districts of Marseille,…
“Cockroaches of all colors”, the tenants of a slumlord recount their ordeal
The nightmare of Mr and Mrs B began one day in April 2017. The couple, looking for accommodation, rented an apartment from Gérard Gallas, in a building located in the…
The “exorcist” slumlord wanted to “be an example of success”
At the Marseille criminal court, “I want to be a light for others. » At the bar of the Marseille criminal court, impeccable in his suit and tie, with his…
“My strategies in real estate”… A man who rented 122 unsanitary apartments faces justice
Investigators found the beginning of a manual with an ambiguous title to say the least. A work that Gérard G. had titled: “how to become a millionaire thanks to my…